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Liveinjapan wrote:large amountsbig amountsmany amountsmuch amountsa little amountsa few amounts ThanksLiJ Large amounts is fine; big amounts is grammatical but I don't think natives use it very much; many amounts is grammatical but unidiomatic - to be avoided; much amounts and a little...

Delmobile wrote:There is probably some fancy linguistic term for this, the Permanent Plural or something, but I don't know it. Hi DelmobilePants is plural but news, despite the s, is an uncountable singular noun.These pants are...This news is...CB

Hi, Whenever I see those product or service advertisements, I think I see wordings like these. Would you say that the need to follow grammartical rules isn't there for the cases like these? Signs are signs, not sentences. They often rely on brevity to flash an idea quickly into our brains....

Hi, Whenever I see those product or service advertisements, I think I see wordings like these. Would you say that the need to follow grammartical rules isn't there for the cases like these? Offer valid in ZZZ only. -- It iseems this is better if needed to be grammartical: "The offer is valid in...

Hello HT, Hoa Thai wrote: My old note stated: 'a number of ' is plural and 'the number of' is singular.We can apply this logic of yours to 'a number of ' too, right? 1. ?There is a number of reasons why my post may be misleading. 2. There are a number of reasons why my post may be...

Clive wrote:a "perfect" lists This is not OK. You can't say 'a' with a singular noun.Hello Clive,You meant plural, right?Best,Hoa Thai

Hi Please tell me why I feel uneasy about seeing a case where an article is absent when adjective is in a quote and the noun following is in plural like this. Should the article be used always in cases like this? the /a ??? "perfect" llists Perhaps you feel uneasy because you are not sure...

Hi,I once heard a debate about this too. Here are the arguments of the two sides:1. The one that goes for are said that: if are is used for a hundred or more, then are must be used for infinity since infinity is greater than one hundred or any countable number.2. The other side argued that:...

Hi, I would word things the same as your grammar book does. It might be easier to generally think of using "a" with a singular noun (doctor, job) and "any" with a plural noun (doctors, jobs).

Hi Believer, After reading through the thread again I feel the following remark by CJ is the key to your original issue: Using those singular nouns without articles conceptualizes them as abstract ideas. I believe it also unlocks your enigmatic question: Is there any guideline to this usage...