In Uncountable nouns^x, Verbs^x

Feebs11 wrote:News is a plural noun always used with a singular verb, meaning information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television.Hi FeebsI was taught that 'news' is an uncountable noun.

Should I just accept the fact some uncountable nouns, especially those that have abstract meanings, do not go well or don't not fit with a verb showing possession such as 'have'?Yes, you probably should accept that. It's probably a lot easier to memorize idioms with have plus a noun than to...

Hi, I have difficulty clearly seeing the correctness of sentential constructions that have an uncountable noun with the verb 'have' before it. I have happiness. -- This doesn't seem to be correctly written. But, if we apply the same uncountable noun but with a different semantic meaning, it...

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Hi, When we use the word "registration" which seems an uncountable noun, do we use as "registration" or "registrations"? Registration starts at 8 a.m. For late registrations, please go to Booth 5. The word 'registration' can refer to the overall activity of registration (uncountable), or to...

Hi, After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’ is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case. What is the...

Thank you, Clive. What is the difference, if any, between using "a continual coming out" and "a continual 'outing'" in terms of structural correctness, not considering its grammatical or semantical correctness? Can we say "a continual coming out" as a countable noun (sense), not it to mean...

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 PBF,you can say "difference" if you want to use it as an uncountable, general noun, like "information". Obviously, the verb has to be singular and you use "much" instead of "many":There's not much difference.You can say "differences" if you are thinking of many separate differences, and you...