By Countable nouns, Possessives

Re: "Travels"

Travel is the (usually) uncountable noun for the general experience of moving around; trip is a particular countable instance of travel: I love travel-- my next trip is to Botswana.A sightseeing tour can be done alone or with friends or on a package tour, which is an arranged group tour...

Re: more examples please

Thank you, CalifJim. I am going to give you four sentences that have a preposition followed by what looks to be a noun equivalent. Can you please tell me if these are illustrations of your points that you made above? Are they all correct noun equivalents? 1.He is displeased with filling...

Re: more examples please

CalifJim wrote:Gerunds can be treated as countable or non-countable, the same as other nouns. It seems to me that as non-countables they are generally taken more abstractly. Thank you, CalifJim. I am going to give you four sentences that have a preposition followed by what looks to be a noun...

Re: software name?

Hi, 1. How do you decide on how to put English articles in front of (software game??) names like Playstation 3? Do you have to make a decision as to whether it is used as a software or used a game first? Maybe, the rule is if used as a game, put the article in; whereas, if it is used as a sacred...

Re: Correct term for singular possessive as stand-in for a group

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...

Re: I have a question about articles

Good answer! (1) Yes, uncountable nouns can be tricky! There are many cases where the same noun is countable in one context and uncountable in another. (2) You do have to remember that certain words like the demonstrative and possessive adjectives act as determiners, making articles...

Re: it and never they

Hi guys, I have three uncountables with possessives or "look-to-be" quantifiers. Should they all be referred with the pronoun "it"? 1) their furniture 'Furniture' is not a countable noun. Say 'Your furniture is very nice. I like it'. It's the same, for example, as talking about 'their...

both an uncountable and a countable taking possessive adjectives

Hi, Can both uncountable nouns and countable nouns take "my", "his", etc.?

Re: do you have a jacket?/do you have jacket?

Normally, you would be asking if Jack has any jackets at all (i.e. does he have protection from the cold?). For singular countable nouns, an article (a/an/the jacket) is always needed, unless it is replaced by a demonstrative (this jacket) or a possessive (your jacket). Generalization has...

Re: Grammatical questions

Hello Guest Since this is for an exam, I don't feel I should give detailed replies. But you may wish to consider: 1. Why the following sentences are ungrammatical: a) Never watch I television. b) Which programmes watched you? Look up Inversion in your grammar book. a) Would you like an...