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In grammar, "an array" or "the array" are singular. "The arrays" is plural. Array is a countable noun. That is why they use the article "an" or pronoun "one" before "array", and the article "the" before "arrays". ...

These are often called "uncountable nouns" (or "mass nouns"). For example, you can count apples -- one apple, two apples, three apples -- but you can't count "informations". There are lots and lots of them in English. Some examples are at...

Grammar Geek wrote: In your example, with the slight change to I had some little alterations made, it sounds fine to me. Hi GG Your sentence sounds fine to me as well. I think the original poster didn't quite know how to ask the question he/she wanted to ask. That is obvious from his/her...

C: countable nouns that are used with a or an or a number and have a plural: car, soldier U: uncountable nouns that cannot be used with a or an or a number and have no plural: happiness, pasta (On the inside front cover of Macmillan Essential Dictionary for Learners of American English )...

Hi Believer, The "there is" vs. "there are" discussion has been had on here before, but briefly, "There is" is idiomatic in most cases. An exception is when a plural number nouns immediately follows - or a phrase that indicates plural, like "plenty of." Parking isn't counted - If there are...

My daughter just asked me this question, and it took me quite a while to come up with an answer. I thought I'd see what everyone else thinks. If you have a countable noun, but in a context in which you are not going to count the items individually, do you say how many or how much ? How much...

Hi Lyn, Here is one of my posts from a previous thread on the topic of articles. It might help. Posted: 03-30-2005 12:26 PM The correct use of articles is acknowledged to be one of the most difficult points of English grammar, so don't be despondant Ali; mistakes don't usually...

An excellent reply, Jazz. I hope you won't mind if I expand on it a little. The correct use of articles is acknowledged to be one of the most difficult points of English grammar, so don't be despondant Ali; mistakes don't usually matter too much, as you will still be understood. First, we...