According to Newbury House Dictionary of American English, "service" is an uncountable noun when it means the care of a machine to keep it in good working order: When our oven broke, we called a repairman for service . According to

This structure (the + singular countable noun) can be used to generalize but is mainly used with animals, plants, things and even certain groups of people. 1. The computer has changed the way we do business. 2. The mountain lion is a

Welcome to the EnglishForums! Please register - it's free and then your postings will not have to be moderated. In the case of uncountable nouns American English and British English often differ in their rules. Various pieces of information

Hi, Could we have used the singular verb "differs" in your sentence? I think you are using the word "usage" as an uncountable noun. What is the difference between yours and this? New and old equipment needs (need?) to be fixed.

I think the words "a meat" means a type or brand of meat. Correct. In everyday English, "meat" as a countable noun (with plural "meats") is much less common than "meat" as uncountable noun (mass

Thank you. I think I got it. According to Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary of American English, "Knowledge" is used as a countable or uncountable noun depending on the context. 1 an area of learning: The study of English (math,

As a Brit, I always treat Lego as an uncountable noun. (Sorry, snipped a material bit) Yes, it is strange which Pondian differences seem to matter most. I'd love to see a theory. (Warning, I am just an interested amateur, so none of this is

My son has asked me to tap into the collective wisdom of aue - here is his request: Here's ... - but the essence of the question should be clear. (For anyone who is not familiar with Lego, see http://www.lego.com/eng/) I am replying here since

Moreover, "beeves" is still an acceptable plural, especially when people are referring to cattle. This has been done before on AUE. As far as I know, this is strictly North American usage. Sometimes parts of UK, too. Mike.

Moreover, "beeves" is still an acceptable plural, especially when people are referring to cattle. This has been done before on AUE. As far as I know, this is strictly North American usage. Rob Bannister