By Plurals, Uncountable nouns

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.

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.

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...

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...

types

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...

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...

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...

Gold as a monetary unit... countable or uncountable?

I play an online game that uses gold as a monetary unit. Presumably they are doubloons or a piece of eight as it is pirate themed. It is referenced in game simply as “Gold”. Being that it is a monetary unit and not a quantity of substance, wouldn’t that change the plural form to “Golds”. ...

Re: Plural of Experience

Hi, But could you say "He has experiences in many areas", or would you still use the singular term of "experience"? Here, I'd use it as an uncountable noun, 'experience'. In general terms, it can be used as countable or uncountable, depending on the context....

Re: Plural of Experience

Hi, But could you say "He has experiences in many areas", or would you still use the singular term of "experience"? Here, I'd use it as an uncountable noun, 'experience'. Best wishes, Clive