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quote user Ant_222 Hmmm I thought that a singular countable noun was the same as zero article plural countable noun quote You re absolutely right The original sentence may have led the hobbits to go looking for others dirty hands to wash because the author chose to omit the word your before...

quote user MissMandy a tells the listener that we are being generic If you wanted him to wash his own weary face you d need a possessive determiner your quote Hmmm I thought that a singular countable noun was the same as zero article plural countable noun Why wouldn t the hobbits look around for...

Y and Z records means Y record and Z record Singular countable nouns cannot occur without a determiner in English the is a determiner So you need something that means the Y record and the Z record CJ

Hi I think the usual recommendation regarding the usage of the word the is that use such with a an or write in the plural form for the countable nouns and don t use any determiners for the uncountable nouns like this such an apple such apples such nature But according to the Collins Cobuild...

People have found this text useful so I am repeating it here in this entirety with error fixed there are several posts combined in it Before I give you more detailed explanation I have to tell you that in dictionaries you can frequently find the type of the word countable uncountable mass...

Before I give you more detailed explanation I have to tell you that in dictionaries you can frequently find the type of the word countable uncountable mass abstract However what is more important is to understand that the context is equally important You can turn many words into abstract if you...

Hi Believer The determiner much is used with uncountable nouns and many is used with countable plularal nouns Since mistakes is a countable plural noun it should be as many grammatical mistakes

Why would that dictionary bother to list both 1 and 2 since they mean the same thing Pencil 1 plural noun and 2 countable noun Example My pencils are broken Is every obviously countable noun finger toe automobile also listed as plural noun Your dictionary has either made a typographical error or...

Thank you again but this seems to be a sad excuse but there was a typo The dictionary of mine stated the word communication is both a noun plural and countable noun and there was no mention of it being non plural Hope for another of your explanation

No I think that what your dictionary means by non plural is non count Uncountable nouns are a subset of non plural nouns Non plural is not a term much used in English but appears more in the grammar of the romance languages I am lead to believe by googling the term