By Uncountable nouns, Indefinite articles

Thank you, Avangi. In my previous post, I should have used third-person verb tenses, 'sounds' and 'gives' -- proper subject-verb agreement wasn't made due to my carelessness. Going back to your request for examples of cases where I would feel something in quotes could not be...

Hi, It has been known to me that a gerund can function as a noun and should or likely to be treated more as an uncountable noun than a countable noun. Mixing of sugar and flour makes this dough ... If you want to be specific, I think you could write: The mixing of sugar and flour makes this...

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...

Hi Jackson 5: As name suggests a count noun is countable, then how can one use indefinite article a or an with it?In grammar, 'countable' means that you can count the noun concerned. For example. an egg, one egg, two eggs, etc. 'Uncountable' means that particular noun cannot be literally...

Hi,There is an entry in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary about usage of indefinite article:used before uncountable nouns when these have an adjective in front of them, or phrase following them:a good knowledge of French a sadness that won’t go awayHowever, just came across this example:It...

Hi, Consider this sentence.He has a very good knowledge. What is the function of the aritcle 'a' in the sentence? ( I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs..Well, the case here is different, isn't it?....Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun? ) ...

Hi! Consider this sentence.He has a very good knowledge. What is the function of the aricle 'a' in the sentence? ( I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs..Well, the case here is different, isn't it?....Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun? ) I...

Hi, I think the word 'education' is a variable noun, which I am sure means that if one uses refer to abstract things, he is using it as an uncountable noun; whereas, if one uses to refer to individual instances of that thing, he is using it as a countable noun. Now, can you put that definition...

Hi, I was looking at my Collins Cobuild Compact English Learner's Dictionary and came upon the uncountable nouns like 'recognition'. 1. Recognition is the act of recognizing someone or identifying something when you see it. Why does it have 'the'? I think when an uncountable is specified,...

Thank you, Mr. M. I think I used the phrase "pushed for a modernization for equipment" to pose the question that asked whether it refers to an instance of transforming an uncountable noun into a countable noun and I believe CalifJim said it is so. Hmm, it doesn't seem to be an instance of a...