By Articles, Countable nouns

' 1. 'Correspondence' in the sense of mail is an uncountable noun. If the word refers to close similarity or connection between things, it is a countable noun: ...correspondences between Eastern religions and Christianity. 2. "I heard a news that gave today's weather...

Hi,I have the noun/word 'correspondence' and it is known by me as an uncountable noun but also, a source has indicated that it is 'a Noun', which could mean it can have the article 'a'. I have seen several cases of this. Does this mean a noun can have an uncountable nature...

Hi,I think a proper name (I think a name is a proper noun) like Joe can take an adjective but attaching some adjectives creates a need for an article and some do not.good Joe is on the run.A jubilant/sad Joe is on the run.See, to me, 'jubilant and sad' create a need for an article, in...

I am not sure if the following answers your question but I'll say it anyway. Some grammarians don't distinguish between verbal nouns (= complete nouns formed from verbs with the ing ending) and gerunds (= words that are neither verbs nor nouns but resemble both to some extent). Some...

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...

Hi,When shoud we include the 'a' here and when not? What do I have to know to make correct choices?1.As he said, giving is "a central feature of the historical purpose of government."Could the writer have withheld "a" here?2.They offer a lot of different activities: a...

Hi,I think I asked this a long time ago and Nona answered something like this.a majority of discussion -- (to indicate) specificthe majority of discussion -- (to indicate) conceptualCan you tell me about these more? Off-hand, I just see these as indefinite and definite (a chair/the chair, a group...

Is the word "evidence" a countable or an uncountable noun?Can I say: "the murder weapon is now an evidence" or should I leave the article "an" out of it?

These are interesting questions. Here are my non-expert thoughts, but others may have different views. 1. He views prayer as ... It is a working together with God. To me, "a prayer ... is a working together with God" would be talking about an individual instance of working together...