In Nouns^x, Negatives^x

I know about postive emotions and negative emotions, but not complaining emotions. So you and I are in agreement that there are two nouns there. There was a tremendous amount of screaming - yes.

Ah! You've just pointed out something rather interesting. It just occurred to me that “complaining” as used in my original sentence, could be perceived as an uncountable noun by itself followed by “negative emotion; or an adjective describing “emotion” depending on the person reading it. “In...

Pinenut wrote: Goodman wrote: Can any expert answer this question? If there are two uncountable nouns in a sentence, should we should singular / plurla verb? Ex: In the townhall meeting, there was/ were a lot of complaining and negative emotion. I know with a single uncountalbe noun, th...

Goodman wrote:Can any expert answer this question? If there are two uncountable nouns in a sentence, should we should singular / plurla verb? Ex: In the townhall meeting, there was/ were a lot of complaining and negative emotion. I know with a single uncountalbe noun, th answer is "was" but...

Can any expert answer this question? If there are two uncountable nouns in a sentence, should we should singular / plurla verb? Ex: In the townhall meeting, there was/ were a lot of complaining and negative emotion. I know with a single uncountalbe noun, th answer is "was" but not sure with...

Hi,Additionaly, some notes on this subject. There is a important knowledge about quantifies, affirmative and negative statements, and question. A Few A few is used with countable nouns to show a small quantity. ...

What meaning does few convey when used with 'negative' nouns compared to a few?I went to the denstist and he found few cavities. I went to the denstist and he found a few cavities.

Hi, I've read on another thread that "me neither"and "me either" are not grammatically correct. I assume the objection would be that the phrase should be 'I, neither'. This certainly is not wrong, but it's very formal. 'Me, too' seems to me to be common enough and clear enough to be acceptable...

Teo wrote:Grammatically conceivable, but nevertheless still unacceptable on grounds of extreme unnaturalness. We do not normally use 'any' with an unmodified countable noun in a simple interrogative of this type (#5, you will observe, is a negative, not interrogative sentence, to which somewhat...

Grammatically conceivable, but nevertheless still unacceptable on grounds of extreme unnaturalness. We do not normally use 'any' with an unmodified countable noun in a simple interrogative of this type (#5, you will observe, is a negative, not interrogative sentence, to which somewhat different...