By Abstract nouns

All right! Here I go! ^_^I have a seven-letter word, which is an abstract noun.You have to handle it often on your mathematics and chemistry class. Ladies and Gentlemen, challenge extended! :)

A review:It's a one-syllable wordI think of it primarily as a verb, but it is an abstract noun as well.It's an ergative verb - like bake. I baked a cake, the cake baked in the oven. (But it's not bake!)It forms a phrasal verb with "up" If it is done at home, it does happen...

Hi thereCan someone please approve my answers, below? They are in bold.From the following sentences write the names of eight things:"Nature loves colour. She made nothing without it. Her skies are blue, her fields green; her waters vary with teh skies; her animals, minerals, plants, all...

Hi, Here some extracts from conversation (about baseball) I'd like you to help me understand: "...And now that Roger Clemens, who is to pitching in this era what Bonds has been to hitting." - could you explain in terms of grammar why gerund is used? For the same reason that we say 'Pitching is...

by is the better choice, in my opinion. through, though synonymous, is not used very often in this precise role. Both are correct, however. It seems to me that by is more used in association with actions (such as indicated with gerunds like "paying attention"). On the other hand,...

Jgipuzkoa wrote: Hello. Can Willingness noun be a countable noun? Why? Jesús María. In general, 'ness' is a suffix that makes an adjective an abstract noun. These, then, cannot be countable. You will hear, however, "we thank you all for the many kindnesses you have shown during our time of...

He took over the desk: He (possibly forcibly) took control of it, displacing anyone else who may have been using it!!! The army took over the village. This is a more usual use of the phrasal verb take over. However, you can have, in another meaning: He took over the desk: He assumed...

Is it an abstract noun? >> No. Is it countable? >> Yes.

Is it an abstract noun? Is it countable?

Hi,I understand Espeland's question regarding the phrase 'of a hot day' that specifically restricts the meaning of Evening since there is only one evening in a day; thus, The must be provided such as "The Evening of a Day of Walking" in Les Miserables - by Victor Hugo. In fact, I have seen...