In Pronouns^x, Countable nouns^x

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...

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...

Please kindly indicate the correct answers for the following questions and justifications to the answers. 1. They do these things so quietly that nobody is ever sure of what (is/ are) happening. 2. Various kinds of food (has /have) been already been prepared. Come and help yourself to...

I have gone through a lot of the old posts on the topic any. This is my understanding of any usage. Any can be followed by a plural/uncountable/singular noun. 1. When any is used in interogative or negative form, it is usually followed by a plural/uncountable noun. Does it mean that the verb...

use one to refer back to countable noun antecedents.

Hi guys, I have three uncountables with possessives or "look-to-be" quantifiers. Should they all be referred with the pronoun "it"? 1) their furniture 'Furniture' is not a countable noun. Say 'Your furniture is very nice. I like it'. It's the same, for example, as talking about 'their...

Hi, She needs less/fewer/little reminders to clean her room.(less or fewer) 'fewer' with a countable noun ....work with in/within/ a group.(within) 'within'. 'with in' is not grammatical He writes his notes down/down on the page.(I think both) 'down' means 'writing in a direction from top to...

Hi, Knowing the word English is an uncountable noun, is not it awkward to use the pronoun "it" for it? It is getting better.

You could use 'the' as in They are the names of towns in the area however there's no need. Names is a countable noun used in the plural form so it is not necessary to have a determiner , such as the definite article, preceding it and from the context (sorry you didn't provide the whole text)...

Hello Guest Since this is for an exam, I don't feel I should give detailed replies. But you may wish to consider: 1. Why the following sentences are ungrammatical: a) Never watch I television. b) Which programmes watched you? Look up Inversion in your grammar book. a) Would you like an...