Hi, I see some sentences with commas like these. Are they correct? Chances are, it is the latter. The point is, he didn't do it. Why not? Chances are that it is the latter. The point is that he didn't do it. 2. Is the word 'light'

While a lot of food does have an uncountable sense (I like beef, I like watermelon), I don't find that "apple" is often use that way. If it were, you final Jane line would be "I love to eat apple" , not apples . When it is

I ate an apple. I ate the apple that was on the table. I ate three apples. Do you really think the last one is wrong because "apple" is a countable noun? What role does "three" tell you in that sentence? Apple can either be

. These words function differently. Youth and membership can be countable or uncountable nouns: Youth is carefree. There is a youth / There are three youths standing on the corner. Membership is free. I have had a membership / They have had their

When we use a singular noun to refer to many instances of the thing we are referring to (or to use for the entire class of such things), it may be uncountable and countable still depending on the definition we use of the word in question?

Nouns when used as names for the entire class of such things, can be written without an article at will? Not at will, no. You can only do this with uncountable nouns. "Nation" is always a countable noun, so you cannot write, for

a plural version of a noun that could be either countable or uncountable. There's no such thing as an uncountable noun in the plural. Plurality is one of the marks of countability. Once the noun is in the plural you know you are dealing with a

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

. 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

Hi there, I am from an asian country (korea) and Korean doesn't distinguish countable or uncountable nouns so I have some problem with this concept even though I have been living in english speaking country for 10 years. Now the word