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Re: Is the sentence structure right?
Hi Liat,I think what you said is contradicting. You are saying both of my exmaples are grammatically acceptable only with the right perception. A group of students was found lost in the forest. (If the students are perceived as a group, is should be used.) If the rule sticks as you described...
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Goodman
9 days ago
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Re: Experience
2 - I would make that "experience" as the mass noun, not the countable noun. But if you have a reason for wanting it to be a plural use of the countable form, then certainly use "are," which is not an auxiallary verb, but the main verb.
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Grammar Geek
10 days ago
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Re: Two years is a long time
<<>> but just because they can used in the singular or plural, depending on context, doesn't make them uncountable nouns.
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15 days ago
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Re: Two years is a long time
... they are called collective nouns that can be either plural or singluar depending on the context. I agree, but just because they can used in the singular or plural depending on context doesn't make them uncountable nouns.
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Yoong Liat
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Re: Two years is a long time
I believe they are countable nouns only if we are talking about multiple audiences or cabinets, otherwise, they are called collective nouns that can be either plural or singluar depending on the context. No?My question is I have never seen anybody calling "two years" or "four...
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Pter
15 days ago
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Re: countable & uncountable...
countable is something you can count, as simple as thatcountable nouns have plural form (unless they are plural already)All nouns you've mentioned are usually uncountable, but some of them may have countable meaning. Before deciding if one noun is countable or uncountable you have to know its...
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22 days ago
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celta pre-interview :(help me please
Hello. I need some help with celta preinterview task. II know the mistakes, however, I have no idea how to explain them easily. I'm new to all teachers' world so please help me :( I've got some ideas for the answers but the biggest problem for me is to explain to students so they...
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Hi, I have not-so-easy times using the word 'types' in front of a countable noun and an uncountable noun. There are two types of face: optimistic and pessimistic. -- I have difficulty with using the word 'types' with a countable noun. I think 'face' is used...
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Mistakes made by Chinese Learners
Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...
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Re: Questions
May I use the 'ING' form with any verb to create adjectives or nouns? No. The adjective 'Telephonic' has it an adverb to be 'Telephonically'? Yes. When I can use 'The', 'a', 'an' before nouns? An extremely broad question. A and an are usually not...
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