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Sir, 1. How can we save the water from getting polluted. In this sentence why the article "the" used with uncountable noun "water". Please explain it. 2.In these fires, birds and animal got roasted. here plural form of fire has been used. Is it right. I think fire is uncountable. what...

The headline doesn't seem to relate closely to the article abstract, Jobb, but I presume 'staffs' are the people who work under the 'collector of data'. 'Staff' is often considered to be a collective only, but is also used in the singular for one worker, with 'staffs' as a plural. Some writers...

The part of the sentence under question is this Enclosed are a copy of last year’s program and some articles, ... I understand that if we switch it around, "A copy of last year's program and and some articles **are** enclosed.... " is correct. In French, I know the verb sometimes changes from...

Actually, "nonsense" (as well as "wood", "knowledge", etc.) are all singular noncount nouns. Maybe the question should not be when to use "what" vs. "what a". Maybe it's just a matter of saying that, in this type of expression, "what" precedes whatever the usual indefinite noun phrase normally...

thanks. I don't know what to do with the non-count noun, singular and plural, etc. where do I start? I think my problems are article and non-count nouns.

"a / an" does seem a bit strange with 90,000, doesn't it? There is no such thing as "a 90,000" or "a gangsters", of course! What you have come across is an idiom usually used with large numbers. The words "an estimated" are frequently used before a very large number or percentage to show that...

Off topic but, halfmanhalfbiscuit, boy I loved that band! Now on to the question. think that in practice both are used, most people probably do use 'mice' and as language needs to be a flexible medium, usage should come before 'rules'. however, I once read an article about this that said...

I've loked up "optional" in my dictionaries too and it seems to be an adjective only. A comment about "The true is not always the beautiful": "true" and "beautiful" are not really nouns. What you see in that sentence is called "nominalisation of an adjective", by means of which you can use an...

'Apparatus' is singular and plural, and has the alternate plural 'apparatuses'. If there is more than one piece of equipment, leave the article out or, better, change to the '-es' plural; if there is only a single piece, add the article for clarity.

Hi, Melanie You posted: "i want to know if i start a sentence with "THE girls mean(or what ever word)" should i use an s after that word(mean/verb) or not." "The" is an article in English, and it's an "invariable" word: you will use "the" with singular and plural nouns, and with feminine and...