By Uncountable nouns, Clauses

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Goodman wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: Neeraj Jain wrote: Hi Goodman, I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble". Goodman wrote: Jain is saying that you should use 'trouble' , not 'troubles'.Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble with your...

Yoong Liat wrote: Neeraj Jain wrote: Hi Goodman, I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble". Goodman wrote: Jain is saying that you should use 'trouble' , not 'troubles'.Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble with your car?get/run into trouble...

Neeraj Jain wrote:Hi Goodman, I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble".Goodman wrote: If you face run into troubles, call me.Jain is saying that you should use 'trouble' , not 'troubles'.Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble with your...

Yoong Liat wrote: Neeraj Jain wrote: Hi Goodman, I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble". Hi JainI agree with you.Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble /with your car? Plural is also fine.get/run into troubleYour troubles are your worries:...

Neeraj Jain wrote:Hi Goodman, I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble".Hi JainI agree with you.Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble with your car?get/run into troubleYour troubles are your worries: Sit down and forget your troubles (OR...

Hi, Unfakeable demonstrations of a superiority that has as least some underlying genetic component are almost unfailingly attractive to the opposite sex. 1. Does 'a' there indicate it is a special kind of superiority and not the superiority in the general sense? Yes 2. Would you say if one...

Hi, How2die had this sentence in his post and I want to ask some questions on it. You can kindly give a general answer that will encompass all or answer individually. Unfakeable demonstrations of a superiority that has as least some underlying genetic component are almost unfailingly attractive...

There is a difference between a clause (the term you used previously) and a phrase ('of the Princess of Bigman's land').anything we should be aware of when we decide to take that road of turning uncountable nouns into sort of countable nouns?Only be aware that you are creating one of several...

Well, your example (A beauty of the Princess of Bigman's land is exquisite) makes no sense to me. Is that your creation, or did you find it somewhere? It contains no restrictive clause.In any case, I see no problem with constructing a sentence with an indefinitely-articled uncountable noun--...