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Thank you. I think it would be OK to speak of a pen that he found which belonged to his friend, Joe, like this: I found a (one) pencil of a student. -- If the situation is that only studnents use pen (unbelievable as it sounds) and he don't know whose pen it is. I found the pencil of a...

Hi, I think I found out the word 'wailing' is an uncountable noun. If that is so, then is this correct? A feartul wailing was heard. He heard a fearful wailing. I would be more comfortable if I saw something like this: He heard a fearful wailing of a dog, or, He heard a fearful wailing of...

Hi, It has been known to me that a gerund can function as a noun and should or likely to be treated more as an uncountable noun than a countable noun. Mixing of sugar and flour makes this dough ... If you want to be specific, I think you could write: The mixing of sugar and flour...