I know I am responding to a very old post .. none the less I'd rather have my doubt cleared. I understand that we use the indefinite articles with countable nouns however how is Fever considered to be countable?

This structure (the + singular countable noun) can be used to generalize but is mainly used with animals, plants, things and even certain groups of people. 1. The computer has changed the way we do business. 2. The mountain lion is a

Hi. Thank you. Let me correct something what I said by saying that I didn't write a post on this topic (content) a few days ago but I am sure that I wrote it yesterday in your General Vocabulary & Idiom Questions section. Anyway,

Hi, The following sentence is by a native English speaker. I feel that there should be an article before ‘stabilized occupancy’. I know that ‘occupancy’ is a non-countable noun, however it seems the author is trying to be specific with

1-- an instance of deadness 2-- alternate amplifications = other explanations/elucidations. All these can be used as countable nouns.

Hello, I have a quick question. Is the following sentence correct?: A lot of our profits came from several overseas business ventures. Profits is a countable noun because it can be used as a plural noun (Our profits are high.)

"Girls are usually afraid of cockroach ." Plural is not typically needed because you are referring cockroach as a collective noun. The same can be said " Cockroach is the most amazingly adaptable insect in the world". These are

Hello Anton, If I don't have to use an article for generic use of a noun, not specifying one, then can I say "I want to learn computer ."( not a computer )? I also read in another thread as follows: "Girls are

The indefinnite article and numbers are not used with non-countable nouns, such as advice. So, he has a good knowledge of English is wrong? CB

The indefinnite article and numbers are not used with non-countable nouns, such as advice.