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

I know some nouns can be either countable or uncountable. when I look for something in my dictionaries, I can notice a subtle difference between nouns. Some nouns have their definitions starting with " " In OALD7, and other nouns have

c/p, are you conversant with the concept of countable nouns vs. uncountable nouns? We have this discussion often on the forums. I tried to suggest in my last post that this might be what you were reaching for in your singular vs. plural question.

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

-They're almost same in the meaning. --In the meaning of Additional ,another is used with singular countable nouns. Could I have another piece of bread? With uncountable nouns more is common. --They both can also mean (an) alternative. I

Hi. Thank you. Let me correct something what I said by saying that I didn't write a post on this topic (content) a few days ago but I am sure that I wrote it yesterday in your General Vocabulary & Idiom Questions section. Anyway,

Few is used with countable nouns and less with uncountable nouns. The noun following the first blank is women, which is a countable noun; so, fewer is the correct word to use there. Since we have used the comparative form of few, i.e., fewer,

1-- an instance of deadness 2-- alternate amplifications = other explanations/elucidations. All these can be used as countable nouns.

Hi, I have to look at the bold nouns in the following sentances and decide if they are countale or uncountable I am not sure on the following could somone please check to see if my answers are correct Many thanks 1. Would you like a

"Money" is an uncountable noun because of the rule that " we do not use a/an with uncountable nouns" Eg. we do not say: an oxygen a sand a gravel similarly, we dont say "a money" we count money in