By Uncountable nouns, Expressions

Hi Believer, I'm not brave enough or knowledgeable enough to give you a definitive answer. For starters, I'm not familiar with the implications of your expression, "a typical (known-to-be??) uncountable noun." I think I can imagine situations where the semantic meaning of...

1) The committee changed its recommendations because__ the privous ones were too difficult for most people to follow a) that felt that b) it felt that --> The answer is a but I don't understand why it's not the otherThe correct answer is b, so there is a mistake in the answer key. ...

Hi, 1)Are the all the nouns listed in this message really uncountable nouns? accommodationadvicebaggagebreadequipmentfurnituregarbageinformationknowledgeluggagemoneynewspastaprogressresearchtravelwater work Obviously, uncountable nouns (especially different types of food) have forms that...

Should I just accept the fact some uncountable nouns, especially those that have abstract meanings, do not go well or don't not fit with a verb showing possession such as 'have'?Yes, you probably should accept that. It's probably a lot easier to memorize idioms with have plus a noun than to...

Loojka wrote:I'd say 'These information'. I might be mistaken, but I think 'information' is a mass noun, or whatever it is called, and it can be made singular by using the expression 'a piece of information'. To me it sounds similar to 'data', but 'data' has its singular form, which is...

Hi, 1. When you want to express your surprise by saying "What a big apple that is," it is normally expected that for a countable noun, a person should use an article before it and for an uncountable noun, a person shouldn't use an article before the noun like "What peace of mine. I have peace in...

Hi BelieverThe word 'language' is used as an uncountable noun. It does not refer to individual different laguages, but rather the general ability to communicate using any system of words (which can be spoken or written).The word 'expression' is also used as an uncountable noun. It refers...

hi, anon "importance" is an uncountable noun, so you can't use it with "an". The expression is 'the importance of something'. Don't use "importance" without "the" except for fixed expressions such as "be of vital/paramount importance, attach importance to, of primary importance, a sense of...

Hi I would like to know if the expressions like "So beautiful a house" or "So stupid a person" are possible with countable nouns only! How can I use such expressions with uncountable nouns? For example, 1- It was so fatal (a?) poison. Or any other example with uncountable noun? Regards

So what is your conclusion? I don't get it.Whenever you talk about a substance, you are talking about something uncountable. (Sugar is sweet. = The substance called sugar is sweet.). But when you talk about a specified amount of a substance, you treat the amount as a unit. Such units of...