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: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableIncountableNouns/bhxj/post.htm#7439Wed, 27 May 2009 01:09:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7439ryan smith0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableIncountableNouns/bhxj/post.htm#7439http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-7439.xmlA good trick to remember is: Does the sentence: "We have 5 pavements." make sense? If it makes sense, then pavement is countable. If not, then pavement is uncountable.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableIncountableNouns/bhxj/post.htm#7231Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:09:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7231moijelesuis1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableIncountableNouns/bhxj/post.htm#7231http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-7231.xmli would say "incountable", never to be used in the plural. that being said however, in a technical sense, one may be speaking of different types of road surfaces, and therefore one might say something like: "asphalt and cement both give a smooth surface to a roadway. both pavements are quite expensive, however." (here, "pavement(s)" speaks of the paving METHOD) i also think that i have heard or read the word "pavement" used as a word for parking lot. in this case, you might be able to use it in a "countable" sense, but this is likely a regionalism, if indeed it exists.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableIncountableNouns/bhxj/post.htmFri, 27 Mar 2009 02:09:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7183Guest2http://www.englishforums.com/English/CountableIncountableNouns/bhxj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-7183.xmlIs pavement a countable or incountable noun? Thank you