In Indefinite articles^x, Nouns^x, Countable Nouns^x

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Hi I think it is a common knowledge that some uncountable nouns can be changed to countable nouns are susceptable to such transformations if they are made into types Does that mean if we could place the phrase a type and a sort before such a noun then we would have a correct transformation of...

Thank you so much but I asked the question because I believe I asked a similar question in the past and a guru have answered it that the indefinite article does go with a phrase similar to other activity in the original example sentence Normally I think the word other is used left to modify an...

quote user Cool Breeze However what you have made a mistake with in my humble opinion is that the indefinite article isn t used with uncountable nouns The defintite article the can be used with all nouns quote Yes yes yes I know that Maybe I used the wrong words to express what I was trying to...

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Madhulk I think you are right Washroom is an uncountable noun therefore indefinite articles a or an cannot modify it Of course Jack would not go to his neighbour s home to use his washroom So the definite article the would be used to refer to Jack s own washroom

quote user Ant_222 quote user Jackson6612 Let me rephrase it again even indefinite article the is used with countable nouns or the nouns which are acting as counting nouns quote What s indefinite article the Sorry I meant to say definite article As the meaning of my question stands corrected now...

quote user Jackson6612 Let me rephrase it again even indefinite article the is used with countable nouns or the nouns which are acting as counting nouns quote What s indefinite article the quote user Jackson6612 So it means if some non countable noun is acting as a countable noun then it has to...

quote user Ant_222 quote user Jackson6612 Ant you mean that even article the is used with countable nouns or the nouns which are acting as countable nouns quote Yes but it can be used with uncountable nouns as well Countable along the lines of GG s example The happiness that he had now was...

quote user Ant_222 GG your post is just to the point It s just that I do consider such nouns countable when they re used the way you showed The very specifying of special properties makes these nouns refer to an instance of happiness or ecstasy thus making them countable What I wanted to say is...