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the word "lack" countable or uncountable

Hi there, I am from an asian country (korea) and Korean doesn't distinguish countable or uncountable nouns so I have some problem with this concept even though I have been living in english speaking country for 10 years. Now the word "lack" according to the online Longman...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 113 days ago Articles Nouns Uncountable nouns Countable nouns Indefinite articles Definite articles Singular nouns Countable or uncountable
Re: tense possibility with differring context

Hi, 1. Are these all possible depend on what you want to say? With their tensical implications? Yes, all possible. Jake hit him first, with a long soft sponge he 1) was/2) had used/3) had been using to wash dishes. 2. Sorry, when we use the phrase 'a piece of', can we use that with a...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 115 days ago Articles Tenses Nouns Countable nouns
tense possibility with differring context

Hi, I have two questons. 1. Are these all possible depend on what you want to say? With their tensical implications? Jake hit him first, with a long soft sponge he 1) was/2) had used/3) had been using to wash dishes. To me, no. 2 and 3 set the events one before the other and no. 3 adding the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 116 days ago Articles Tenses Nouns Countable nouns
Re: Please check my para..

Is it more idiomatic to say "the quality of life"? both women, not only strive to ...Is a verb missing here? maybe "DO not only...but also" designing beautiful kitchen , Also, kitchen is a countable noun, so I think an article is missing.

ESL General English Grammar Questions by New2grammar 116 days ago Articles Verbs Nouns Countable nouns
noun - part of hyphenated adjectives

Hi, Do we not have to concern with the English articles where it is part of hyphenated adjectives? apple, a countable noun: apple-loving people laughter, an uncountable noun??: a laughter-poducing performance -- I think 'a' is for performance.

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Believer 134 days ago Articles Nouns Uncountable nouns Countable nouns
Re: in quotation marks

Hi, Should I treat what is in a pair of quotation marks just like an adjective without any difference in terms of whether to place an article or not? Yes. I feel like you have to have an article, 'a' or 'the' or 'an', before a quoted content acting as an adjective for a...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 139 days ago Articles Nouns Countable nouns Quotation marks Singular nouns Determiners
Re: Some questions

1) The committee changed its recommendations because__ the privous ones were too difficult for most people to follow a) that felt that b) it felt that --> The answer is a but I don't understand why it's not the otherThe correct answer is b, so there is a mistake in the answer key. ...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 146 days ago Articles Grammar Nouns Expressions Uncountable nouns Countable nouns

Hi, The online dictionary from Naver.co.kr had this definition of 'diminution': N-UNCOUNT : usu N of/in nA diminution of something is its reduction in size, importance, or intensity. despite a slight diminution in asset value. reduction Why the definition has the article...

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Clive 156 days ago

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article in its definition

The online dictionary from Naver.co.kr had this definition of 'diminution': N-UNCOUNT : usu N of/in nA diminution of something is its reduction in size, importance, or intensity. despite a slight diminution in asset value. reduction Why the definition has the article...

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Anonymous 156 days ago

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noun and article

Hi, 1. I am not that familiar with the words like the one here where it seems to stem from a verb? Are there many nouns like this? Give it a shove-off a steep hill 2. Why is there no article in front of the word 'committee'? It was Mr. Lee, who prevented the bill from getting out...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 158 days ago Articles Verbs Nouns Countable nouns

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the word "lack" countable or uncountable

Re: tense possibility with differring context

tense possibility with differring context

Re: Please check my para..

noun - part of hyphenated adjectives

Re: in quotation marks

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article in its definition

noun and article