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Thank you I thank you for your very informative explanation and am sure a lot of people will be benefited as they review it or study over it

Very comprehensive and well considered presentation Aperisic thank you I think you intend My children are my two happinesses a fine example

The most frequent case is that each word has many different meanings Each meaning can belong to a completely different group of words A good dictionary gives the classification not by the word but by each meaning of the word Sometimes you have to guess the classification which is normally not so...

Before I give you more detailed explanation I have to tell you that in dictionaries you can frequently find the type of the word countable uncountable mass abstract However what is more important is to understand that the context is equally important You can turn many words into abstract if you...

There is a difference between a clause the term you used previously and a phrase of the Princess of Bigman s land anything we should be aware of when we decide to take that road of turning uncountable nouns into sort of countable nouns Only be aware that you are creating one of several sorts of...

Thank you Mr M It helped me a lot Would you say the underlined part is a restrictive phrase or a modifying phrase If it is either one then would you kindly tell me what is the difference between a modifying phrase and a restrictive phrase A beauty of the Princess of Bigman s land The beauty of a...

Well your example A beauty of the Princess of Bigman s land is exquisite makes no sense to me Is that your creation or did you find it somewhere It contains no restrictive clause In any case I see no problem with constructing a sentence with an indefinitely articled uncountable noun the trouble...

Mr M Lately I think I am seeing more of what looks be uncountable nouns followed by what looks to be retrictive clauses and precede by the indefinite article a Is that right How about this IS THIS RIGHT A beauty of the Princess of Bigman s land is exquisite Can an uncountable which is followed by...

Hi all It s always confusing to me especially in speech if I should put an article before abstract nouns For example He s got a passion for music An honesty is his good quailityReading brings a happiness to my lifeEtc I know I can look up each particular word in a dictionary to see if it s un...

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