http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#491596Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:56:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491596Clive0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#491596http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491596.xmlHi, If you want to post your words and how you classify them, we can check it for you. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#491578Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:56:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491578Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#491578http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491578.xmlBut I have a problem, because, they&#39;re not giving me sentences, just words, for example, voice, husband, etc.. so, I&#39;m confused about classifying so many words in countable and uncountable words. Please, can you help me?http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#268135Sat, 23 May 2009 21:56:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:268135Believer2http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#268135http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-268135.xmlThank you. Can you expand on your statement which said, "What I'm trying to get across is that you can use a nominally countable noun in an uncountable context, and you can use a nominally uncountable noun in a countable context ."? (Is the punctuation right? Should I not include the period?)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#200645Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:56:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:200645Goodman3http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#200645http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-200645.xmlRommie wrote: Your teachers were wrong. (Or at least, they were simplifiying things to the point where their explanations were no longer accurate). Please see the other thread I mentioned above. What I'm trying to get across is that you can use a nominally countable noun in an uncountable context, and you can use a nominally uncountable noun in a countable context. You see - the universe has got "things" in it. Some of these things we perceive as "smooth", other things we perceive as "lumpy". But MOST things are both. A lump of rock is "a rock", but rock itself is still continuous. The way that you refer to something is what defines whether you are referencing lumps of the stuff or the stuff itself . "Lumps" of experience are...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#200526Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:56:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:200526Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#200526http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-200526.xmlPlease see the thread "An overtime or a overtime?", which ran yesterday. All of your phrases are correct apart from 6 - "a few SLICES of bread". Chalk, soap, money and time are indeed conventionally uncountable. You've probably been told that several times already. Rommiehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#22231Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:56:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:22231rommie5http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#22231http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-22231.xmlYour teachers were wrong. (Or at least, they were simplifiying things to the point where their explanations were no longer accurate). Please see the other thread I mentioned above. What I'm trying to get across is that you can use a nominally countable noun in an uncountable context, and you can use a nominally uncountable noun in a countable context. You see - the universe has got "things" in it. Some of these things we perceive as "smooth", other things we perceive as "lumpy". But MOST things are both. A lump of rock is "a rock", but rock itself is still continuous. The way that you refer to something is what defines whether you are referencing lumps of the stuff or the stuff itself . "Lumps" of experience are experiences....http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#22205Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:56:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:22205simon_phlui6http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#22205http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-22205.xmlI have difficulties in choosing the correct form in some nouns. For example, we'd say: "I have some experience in teaching." - uncountable but we also say "He talks about his experienceS as a policeman." - countable Should abstract concepts always be uncountable? It's what my teachers told me when I was at school.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#22125Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:56:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:22125rommie7http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htm#22125http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-22125.xmlPlease see the thread "An overtime or a overtime?", which ran yesterday. All of your phrases are correct apart from 6 - "a few SLICES of bread". Chalk, soap, money and time are indeed conventionally uncountable. You've probably been told that several times already. Rommiehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 21:56:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:22116ohayo_suki8http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableUncountableNouns/vwwq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-22116.xmlHi all I need help regarding this topic. Can someone provide me an explanation as to why the following are uncountable? -chalk, soap, money, time From what i know, 'a little' is use with uncountable nouns & 'a few' is use with countable nouns. So are the following sentences correct?? If yes, is it because by using words like 'bars'and 'drops' with nouns, this makes the noun to be countable?? 1. A little soap 2. A few bars of soap 3. A little ink 4. A few drops of ink 5. A little bread 6. A few slice of bread Thanks alot for your help!!