By Punctuation, Uncountable nouns

Thank you. Can you expand on your statement which said, "What I'm trying to get across is that you can use a nominally countable noun in an uncountable context, and you can use a nominally uncountable noun in a countable context."? (Is the punctuation right? Should I not include the period?)

I do not want to muddy the waters but you can definitely say : Come rain or shine, I go out fishing in all weathers. There are uncountable nouns which are used as countable plurals: I feel I am on shifting sands, what are your strengths and weaknesses?, The powers that be decided to cut public...

Hello Hela As for the punctuation, my try is like below. . The first time I visited Spain, I couldn't speak a word of Spanish. My money ran out after a few weeks, so I had to come up with a quick way of raising cash if I was going to stay in the country. But I was lucky. Few foreigners get the...