By Countable nouns, Commas

Re: tense-hadn't

Newguest wrote:HIHI ! IS IT REALLY A BIG MISTAKE TO PUT A COMMA AFTER "ALI?" It is a little mistake. WHY CAN'T WE SAY "A BAD LUCK" The word 'luck' is uncountable. You cannot use 'a' with an uncountable noun. You can say something such as 'a bit of bad luck' or 'some bad luck', however. I...

Re: Writing (1)

Ok, but it won't fix all the errors in this piece of writing. The April's socio-economic growth has remained the same as that of the first 3 months. Industrial production had fairly high production and step by step resumed the previous growth pace.However, many problems haven't been overcome:...

Writing (1)

Please read: Government's April meeting: Announcing targets and capital for people to decide and supervise. The April's socio-economic growth has remained the same as that of the first 3 months. Industrial production had fairly high production and step by step resumed the previous growth...

Re: a great variety of

Diamondrg wrote: It is clear from the passage that, among writers of nonfiction, there is a great variety of aim one of which is the desire to please. Taken from a nationwide exam in Turkey. Do you think there is anything wrong with this sentence? I do. A comma is needed after the word "aim"...

Re: a great variety of

Diamondrg wrote: Taken from a nationwide exam in Turkey. Do you think there is anything wrong with this sentence? I do. A comma is needed after the word "aim" and I have doubts about the use of "one of which" to refer to a singular countable noun "aim". What do you think? Can the expression "a...

a great variety of

It is clear from the passage that, among writers of nonfiction, there is a great variety of aim one of which is the desire to please. Taken from a nationwide exam in Turkey. Do you think there is anything wrong with this sentence? I do. A comma is needed after the word "aim" and I have doubts...

Re: two questions on articles

Hi again, 1. For No. 1, can you put a comma to make the phrase non-restrictive and use it that way, without deleting it? You could, but it's rather awkward and unnatural. It will be good for them, the Christian students. 2. For No. 2, what if the list contains a mixture of countable and...

Re: two questions on articles

Hi, allow me for two questions. 1. For No. 1, can you put a comma to make the phrase non-restrictive and use it that way, without deleting it? It will be good for them, the Christian students. 2. For No. 2, what if the list contains a mixture of countable and uncountable nouns like this? How...

Re: less / few

Hi Mara, "In my old job, I used to work less hours than now." I know that in spoken English, less + a countable noun is of widespread use. True. But, is few / fewer a better option in this case, for "hours" is a countable noun? Well, do you want to follow widespread use or do you want to pass a...

Re: Problems with grammar !!!

3-- ok 4-- ok 5-- NO. Hard to tell. 'Giotto' is spelled wrong. Probably they want 'are'. 6-- NO 7-- NO 8-- NO (there should be no finite verb in that clause at all) 9-- hint: 'apart from' is wrong 10- NO 11- all I can see is wayward commas an overly casual vocabulary 12- NO. no 'the' 13-...