By Nouns, Countable or uncountable

Thanks Nona, That was very useful

I don't know about other contexts but in the construction industry 'works' is common. I have worked in the industry in various guises for nearly ten years and it is used in certain circumstances, even if the 'works' are singular. Further examples for you: Clerk of Works (industry standard job...

I am a native English speaker and have recently started working at an engineering firm in Eastern Europe as an environmental scientist. One of my roles within the company is to teach English to staff and I recently noticed that many of the company's employees use the noun "works", for example:...

"Some" may be used with either countable or uncountable nouns. The same goes with "any". I have some money left from yesterday's allowance. Some of my friends went to the mall. I don't have any friends. Do you have any love left in your heart? "Any" and "Some" may be interchangeable in a...

Hi Eager, I have run through and fixed the grammar, but have not had time to consider your analysis, sorry: There are several linguistic resources that help people express genericness. Below, can be observed several forms that can also express something different than genericness. In the...

There are several linguistic resources that help people express genericity(??, what's genercity?). Down below, it can be observed several forms that can also express something different than genericity(?)--awkward sentence. In the first pair of sentences one find two degrees of genericity...

I need to hand in this exercise but I'm not sure about the analysis nor the grammar. If you could have a look at eat I would be really grateful! thank you all! Explain the use of Generic Noun Phrases (or Noun Groups) in English by analyzing the examples. There are several linguistic resources...

I need to hand in this exercise but I want to make sure the grammar is right. I have doubts about the second sentence where it says "Down below..." is it right? Can we say "It can be observed several..."? Thanks for your help! There are several linguistic resources that help people express...

I worked 3 hours overtime. ( The ' overtime ' here is ' adverb ' ) to mean how you work. water is uncountable noun, that's why we say 2 litres of water not 2 litres waters but waters with s means the ocean on the shore of a country. eg. A pirate ship has encroached the waters of...

How do I figure out whether a noun is countable or uncountable? I've come across some nouns which I found pretty confusing. for eg. Water- Is said to be uncountable. Why is it so? We can count water. ! ltr, 2 litres, 3 litres... I thought "overtime" was countable too... I worked 3 hours...