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1. "cease to be of an issue" is wrong. It should be "cease to be an issue". Presumably a typo. 2. I would only use "too much" directly with uncountable nouns ("too much cheese", "too much effort", etc.). "Burden" is, to me, always a...

Hi teachers,I'm confused about the use of the words "amount" and "quantity". Is it that "amount " is used with uncountable nouns and "quantity" with both uncountable and countable nouns ?Could you please help me understand the use of "amount"...

I'd say I agree with MrM. My dictionary (Longman) lists those words saying , which means they can be treated as countable or uncountable nouns, generally speaking. Anyway, even for the uncountable words it doesn't explicitly list as countable too, I think we can say uncountable nouns can...

Mr. Miclawer, I wasn’t going to expand this pluralization discussion on “creams” and “wines”. But it really bothered the heck out of me for two reasons. 1) I really wanted to find out if I was really blowing hot air on this subject because of my misunderstanding of this topic, and 2) if there...

'Cream' is an uncountable noun according to Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners and Times-Chambers Essential English Dictionary.

.You need to be more careful when you type posts; use the Preview function to check yourself, so that we don't have to fix your simple mistakes.1. We are going to hold/have a discussion on this matter now. -- I know that a certain word triggers a need for a countable or uncountable noun. Is...

Hi,1. We are going to hold/have discussio (or - a discussion?) on this matter now. -- I konw that a certain word trigger a need for a countable or a uncountable noun. Is this one of those cases?2. Can you be able to take care of this?3. I hope you would be able to take of this right away. -- what...

Animals behave in this way for the same reason that, in other circumstances, they fight or drive each other away: because they or their young gain some advantage. Is the 'advantage' above a countable-singular or uncountable noun?

Rayan, “Information”, like many uncountable nouns, is always used in singular contexts, although you may see otherwise. You may see “if informations become available …” But what you may not see is “many informations”. Water, sand, salt, air, rain, light, mud, etc. are always used in singular...

These are often called "uncountable nouns" (or "mass nouns"). For example, you can count apples -- one apple, two apples, three apples -- but you can't count "informations". There are lots and lots of them in English. Some examples are at...