In Uncountable nouns^x, Indefinite articles^x

Hi Jackson 5: As name suggests a count noun is countable, then how can one use indefinite article a or an with it?In grammar, 'countable' means that you can count the noun concerned. For example. an egg, one egg, two eggs, etc. 'Uncountable' means that particular noun cannot be literally...

Hi,There is an entry in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary about usage of indefinite article:used before uncountable nouns when these have an adjective in front of them, or phrase following them:a good knowledge of French a sadness that won’t go awayHowever, just came across this example:It...

Hi, Consider this sentence.He has a very good knowledge. What is the function of the aritcle 'a' in the sentence? ( I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs..Well, the case here is different, isn't it?....Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun? ) ...

Hi! Consider this sentence.He has a very good knowledge. What is the function of the aricle 'a' in the sentence? ( I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs..Well, the case here is different, isn't it?....Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun? ) I...

Hi, I think the word 'education' is a variable noun, which I am sure means that if one uses refer to abstract things, he is using it as an uncountable noun; whereas, if one uses to refer to individual instances of that thing, he is using it as a countable noun. Now, can you put that definition...

Hi, I was looking at my Collins Cobuild Compact English Learner's Dictionary and came upon the uncountable nouns like 'recognition'. 1. Recognition is the act of recognizing someone or identifying something when you see it. Why does it have 'the'? I think when an uncountable is specified,...

Thank you, Mr. M. I think I used the phrase "pushed for a modernization for equipment" to pose the question that asked whether it refers to an instance of transforming an uncountable noun into a countable noun and I believe CalifJim said it is so. Hmm, it doesn't seem to be an instance of a...

Hi, Maybe I really shouldn't delve too deeply into the topic of changing an uncountable noun into a countable noun but since I see them every so often in print, I want to ask you. A person or two (think one person is Yankee) seem to have said that I have to find the words or things that can be...

Believer wrote:1. I sometimes see those dedignated as uncountables in the dictionary that are mark with something like this, "a N," and I want to ask you whether that means an uncountable noun can accompany the indefinite article "a" and is it suppose to be a rare case? is the sentence below one...

Hi, Help me with this. 1. I sometimes see those dedignated as uncountables in the dictionary that are mark with something like this, "a N," and I want to ask you whether that means an uncountable noun can accompany the indefinite article "a" and is it suppose to be a rare case? is the sentence...