In Nouns^x, Articles^x, Uncountable nouns^x

quote user Cool Breeze However what you have made a mistake with in my humble opinion is that the indefinite article isn t used with uncountable nouns The defintite article the can be used with all nouns quote Yes yes yes I know that Maybe I used the wrong words to express what I was trying to...

quote user CalifJim I welcome your further comments quote I don t get e mail notifications from most of my posts on this forum but I saw your response as I was browsing what is going on at the moment Please forgive me if I don t always respond to your questions My e mails have worked haphazardly...

quote user Cool Breeze The can be used with uncountable nouns in fact it can be used with all nouns so countability is not a factor here quote Whoops That s true Or is it I wonder what I was thinking To my ear in sea without any article makes sea uncountable and my brain doesn t accept sea as...

quote user CalifJim 3 It lives in the sea vs It lives in sea in the seasea is countable here so an article is required CJ quote The can be used with uncountable nouns in fact it can be used with all nouns so countability is not a factor here In the sea is simply an idiomatic collocation Sea is...

No I mean food Food is usually uncountable too Your analysis was just fine until you got to the part about the uncountable noun As I said apple doesn t work nearly as well as an uncountable noun as other food items like steak rice or watermelon Jack I think you really like steak Jane Yes I love...

quote user Grammar Geek While a lot of food does have an uncountable sense I like beef I like watermelon I don t find that apple is often use that way If it were you final Jane line would be I love to eat apple not apples When it is used as uncountable it seems to be used more in the sense of...

quote user Grammar Geek I ate an apple I ate the apple that was on the table I ate three apples Do you really think the last one is wrong because apple is a countable noun What role does three tell you in that sentence quote Apple can either be countable or uncountable noun Analysis Jack What...

Madhulk I think you are right Washroom is an uncountable noun therefore indefinite articles a or an cannot modify it Of course Jack would not go to his neighbour s home to use his washroom So the definite article the would be used to refer to Jack s own washroom

Yes the definite article can be used with nouns of both types Pour the water onto the tea water and tea are pure uncountable nouns quote user Jackson6612 I have been told that the accent of Russian is such that Russians have to struggle a lot in order to speak good English Is it true quote I don...

Hi Can t it refer to an uncountable noun Yes it can generally speaking Do you think it does in this case Sperma is not a word in modern English as far as I know Although I could be wrong I took it to mean a single sperm What about these 1 If water is heated it begins to boil is the required...