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 think the word "status" is an uncountable noun. It can also be countable. a is fine. Why does it have to be the phrase "a few" in front of the word "dozen"? It doesn't have to be "a few". However,

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

I'm saying that in this sentence the uncountable noun "jest" is singular, and therefore calls for a singular verb, "is." It's like saying, "Your foolishness is wearing me down." Many nouns have both a

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

Hi, here's my explanation which is not necessarily correct 'Business class' as used here is an uncountable noun phrase (the noun class is normally countable) and is also used in the most general sense (shuns bussines class =

Public could be an uncountable noun. Right? It's funny that you asked. I neven even think about its countability. But I have always treated "public" as a singular entity. Has anyone heard of "publics" before?

Public could be an uncountable noun. Right?

-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