By Uncountable nouns, Constructions

Hi, I have difficulty clearly seeing the correctness of sentential constructions that have an uncountable noun with the verb 'have' before it. I have happiness. -- This doesn't seem to be correctly written. But, if we apply the same uncountable noun but with a different semantic meaning, it...

Do you mean quality as an uncountable noun vs quality as a countable noun?

Ok, but it won't fix all the errors in this piece of writing. The April's socio-economic growth has remained the same as that of the first 3 months. Industrial production had fairly high production and step by step resumed the previous growth pace.However, many problems haven't been overcome:...

Please read: Government's April meeting: Announcing targets and capital for people to decide and supervise. The April's socio-economic growth has remained the same as that of the first 3 months. Industrial production had fairly high production and step by step resumed the previous growth...

I sent this a a message to Grammar Geek: Thanks, but....I understand there is a "primary way"...Perhaps I'm not being clear. I'm not asking how this is most often said etc. etc...my interest is academic, viz., is it somehow acceptable to say this the other way: "There are sadness and..." Yes,...

Hi, Can we employ that type of phrasal construction for both uncountable and countable nouns? I am guessing that not all countable and uncountable nouns can be the parties to this type of transformation. I think the word "kindness" is uncountable. too much of a kindness -- I think, from your...

Hello AnonI'm a mere English learner from Japan and my role here is rather an asker than an answerer. But if you don't mind, I'd like you to read my ideas about your question. I take "school" in "go to school" or "church" in "go to church" as an uncountable noun. As you suggested, "school" or...

I am a native English speaker and have recently started working at an engineering firm in Eastern Europe as an environmental scientist. One of my roles within the company is to teach English to staff and I recently noticed that many of the company's employees use the noun "works", for example:...

Hello MrMicawber. Thank you for the reply. That contains really useful new information. The construction of 'N too Adj to do' is what I have long wondered why people use. But now I got it. However, regarding to the original question about the reason why we cannot put 'too/so Adj' before plural...