I suppose it's possible he's speaking of "the position" as a job classification (singular) . In this case he may be using "vacancy" as uncountable noun. thank you, you are excellent it is very convincing

The 2009 entry vacancy we currently have is for a position in our investment team. Our 2010 entry holds both investment and accounting vacancies. You say "clearly there must be more than one vacancy." Why "clearly"? It's

'While' is not an abstract noun when the sentence is about somebody doing something, before they do something else. It is more like a connective word (because, and, or). For example: 'While she waited for the train, she drank a cup

Hi, Thank you very, very much, Mr Wordy. I'm talking about "misunderstood beauty" in the uncountable sense. And that's exactly what I was looking for. "Beauty" as abstract, uncountable noun.

Hi, Would you say an adjective is a phrase/clause It's neither. An adjective is a word. that tells something about a noun as to what it is, which one it is, and how many there are. Yes Does it tell any other things about a noun (if I

The word effort is frequently used as an uncountable noun.  However, for that sentence, I'd probably say "You need to make more of an effort."  By that I would basically mean "You need to try harder." It's very general.

The word effort is frequently used as an uncountable noun. However, for that sentence, I'd probably say "You need to make more of an effort." By that I would basically mean "You need to try harder." It's very general.

Good luck with the prepositions! On the site In the room On the channel (I think) If there is any mistake / If there are any mistakes Please point it / them out to me In this context, "medium" is the Latin singular of a countable noun.

However, what you have made a mistake with in my humble opinion is that the indefinite article isn't used with uncountable nouns. Uncountable nouns ARE used with the indefinite article when the abstarct noun denotes a certain kind of quality,

Hi, please look at this sentence and tell me why it would be wrong to put the indefinite article 'a' to express one's incredulous feeling of encountering what I consider to be an instance of hypocrisy or blasphemy -- although on second