By Uncountable nouns, Countable or uncountable

Not just desire. Very accomplished writers with a fine ear for the language are able to gauge when it is useful to present an apparent uncountable in the plural -- especially when it's a matter of abstract nouns. The majority of us merely competent writers don't typically invent such...

I'd say I agree with MrM. My dictionary (Longman) lists those words saying , which means they can be treated as countable or uncountable nouns, generally speaking. Anyway, even for the uncountable words it doesn't explicitly list as countable too, I think we can say uncountable nouns can...

.You need to be more careful when you type posts; use the Preview function to check yourself, so that we don't have to fix your simple mistakes.1. We are going to hold/have a discussion on this matter now. -- I know that a certain word triggers a need for a countable or uncountable noun. Is...

Hi there, I am from an asian country (korea) and Korean doesn't distinguish countable or uncountable nouns so I have some problem with this concept even though I have been living in english speaking country for 10 years. Now the word "lack" according to the online Longman...

countable is something you can count, as simple as thatcountable nouns have plural form (unless they are plural already)All nouns you've mentioned are usually uncountable, but some of them may have countable meaning. Before deciding if one noun is countable or uncountable you have to know its...

How many clothes are there in your wardrobe? "How many/much clothings/clothing are/in in your wardrobe?" (''Clothing' is uncountable, so the sentence is not correct.)

"clothes" and "clothing", are they countable or uncountable nouns? Do you say "How many/much clothes/cloth are/is in your wardrobe?" and "How many/much clothings/clothing are/in in your wardrobe?" thanks.

I play an online game that uses gold as a monetary unit. Presumably they are doubloons or a piece of eight as it is pirate themed. It is referenced in game simply as “Gold”. Being that it is a monetary unit and not a quantity of substance, wouldn’t that change the plural form to “Golds”. ...

Hi, But could you say "He has experiences in many areas", or would you still use the singular term of "experience"? Here, I'd use it as an uncountable noun, 'experience'. In general terms, it can be used as countable or uncountable, depending on the context....

Grammar Geek wrote: Well, wait, let's not answer too quickly. Certainly you can say "a willingness" -- IF you then qualify it with what type of willingness. A willingness to succeed A willingness to provide the necessary funds etc. However, you can't just say "He showed a willingness"...