You can count dreams: I had a dream, then another, then yet another... three dreams. But imagination seems to be uncountable. Anyway, to find out whether a word is countable or not, and if there are exceptions, you should always look it up in a

I understand a countable noun is presented by a number and it can be presentd in both the singular form and plural form and an uncountable noun can not be presented in the singular form and can not be presented by a number, However I am struggling

Hmm.. How do i say this.. How do we know if it should be in a plural or singular forms? In your second example, "Give the family my best regards", I would not know to make it plural if you had not made that as an example. Isn't

Hi, A piece of works well with many uncountable nouns : a piece of work/coursework/research/advice/music/equipment/software ... (and many more) EDIT Oops ... while I was typing, Amy had already replied.

Welcome to the EnglishForums! Please register - it's free and then your postings will not have to be moderated. In the case of uncountable nouns American English and British English often differ in their rules. Various pieces of information

Hi! This is the first time that I post a question on this site. We are taught that subjects and noun subjective complements have to agree with each other in their numbers. But I wonder what we should do if the complements contain

You have a compound subject, joined by "and." It doesn't matter if the verbs are singular or uncountable - the and-compound subject takes a plural verb. If uncountable nouns in the subject are joined by "or,"

Hello When a subject is comprised of multiple uncountable nouns, should its verb be plural or singular? Q. Which is correct? A. Metal and wood are important. B. Metal and wood is important. Thanks in advance.

Hi, Uuncountable. If you use the word, you typically would say something like 'There's a lot of signage on those two street corners'. Clive