In Countable nouns^x, Noun phrases^x

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

I think the grammatical term could be generic noun phrases. When a noun is mentioned as a symbol, example, or representative of all members of a group (almost the same as all + plural or noncount nouns or any + a singular noun) we refer to it as having "generic" reference. A few generic...

For instance, "I don't have time to do this." Here, the noun "time" is uncountable. "I had a great time." In this case, is the noun in the noun phrase "a great time" countable? IS there any systematic way to explain the concept behind this? According to several grammar books I looked into,...

Hello Casi Thank you again. 'They' and 'both' in "they both" are appositional just like 'we' and 'Japanese' in "we Japanese" are. So I though 'both' should come immediately after 'they'. But the result of googling is: 154,000 hits for "they both are ... " and 1460,000 for "they are both... ". So...