1. What does "Go ahead, I'm a sucker for you!"? I'm a lollipod for you? It's a slang right? It's definitely slang, but I don't attribute its origin to the lollipop (note the spelling). I could be way off base.

How are they different? They sent a buyer to buy different kinds of meats/different kinds of meat. and They sent a buyer to buy different kinds of apples/different kinds of apple. To me there is no difference at all between

I think the words "a meat" means a type or brand of meat. Correct. In everyday English, "meat" as a countable noun (with plural "meats") is much less common than "meat" as uncountable noun (mass

"Desert shrub have tiny leaves..." is wrong. It should be "Desert shrub s have..." "shrub" is, as you say, a countable noun and follows the usual rules for such nouns. The Internet is littered with typo-ridden and

I know that "shrub" is a countable noun. However, I still find that people use "shrub" with "s" and no "s". I have learned this from many articles on some webs. Just type "desert shrub" and you

In one of the Cambridge books a came across the following sentence: Brand recognition is how much people recognize a brand. Why is MUCH used here? I thought PEOPLE is a countable noun and we should use MANY. Can it be a misprint?

Hi. I think (if I am not mistaken) mostly uncountable nouns that have something to do with emotions and feelings readily render themselves to a transformation to countable noun forms. Some uncountable nouns that I am thinking of, for example,

Hi, Are the following sentences correct: Yes, they are. 1. My favourite cereal is <name>. 2. British people eat cereals for breakfast. 3. I eat a cereal for breakfast. (meaning one type/kind of cereal). 4. There's a lot of cereal in

Are the following sentences correct: 1. My favourite cereal is <name>. 2. British people eat cereals for breakfast. 3. I eat a cereal for breakfast. (meaning one type/kind of cereal). 4. There's a lot of cereal in the bowl. How is it

Regardless of the fact that "crisis" is usually a countable noun, the standard expression is "in times of crisis". "in times of a crisis" is not impossible but is far less common. "in times of the