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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 countable too, I think we can say uncountable nouns can...

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 "lack" according to the online Longman...

Hi, 1.The low blood pressure is the best insurance you can buy No 2. Low blood pressure is the best insurance you can buy. Yes Recently a cardiologist told me one of the above after measuring my blood pressure, ECG, etc. I am sorry to say that I don't recall whether he used the first...

CalifJim wrote:Not sure why you added this. Yes, it is possible to say one evening or an evening when evening is countable, but if we recognize that in the subject sentence evening is non-countable, and the problem is the, not a or one, I don't see where the logic is going. the is possible...

Hoa Thai wrote:First, thank you for your reply. Now if you can help me a bit further, I would appreciate very much.If advice is an uncountable abstract noun, then advices must be wrong, right? (Yesterday, my father gave me his advice. Today, my mother gives me hers. I don't like their two advice...

Hi, Please tell me whether the word 'mission' is countable or uncountable? Countable It might be my imagination but I see some words that seem to be strictly countable being written without the articles when followed with the word (preposition??) 'as', is it just my imagination? He was elected...

Hi, Please tell me whether the word 'mission' is countable or uncountable? as mission as Christian mission as a mission to help others in need It might be my imagination but I see some words that seem to be strictly countable being written without the articles when followed with the word...

Believer wrote:1. I sometimes see those dedignated as uncountables in the dictionary that are mark with something like this, "a N," and I want to ask you whether that means an uncountable noun can accompany the indefinite article "a" and is it suppose to be a rare case? is the sentence below one...

Hi, Help me with this. 1. I sometimes see those dedignated as uncountables in the dictionary that are mark with something like this, "a N," and I want to ask you whether that means an uncountable noun can accompany the indefinite article "a" and is it suppose to be a rare case? is the sentence...

uncountable nouns can be preceded by an article "a" when modified or specified. But WHY? Because we want to talk about something very specific and definite . "I had a great time" -we are specifying the particular time I spent doing that partcular thing "The supermarket is full of groceries "...