By Uncountable nouns, Possessives

Travel is the (usually) uncountable noun for the general experience of moving around; trip is a particular countable instance of travel: I love travel-- my next trip is to Botswana.A sightseeing tour can be done alone or with friends or on a package tour, which is an arranged group tour...

Thank you, CalifJim. I am going to give you four sentences that have a preposition followed by what looks to be a noun equivalent. Can you please tell me if these are illustrations of your points that you made above? Are they all correct noun equivalents? 1.He is displeased with filling...

CalifJim wrote:Gerunds can be treated as countable or non-countable, the same as other nouns. It seems to me that as non-countables they are generally taken more abstractly. Thank you, CalifJim. I am going to give you four sentences that have a preposition followed by what looks to be a noun...

Good answer! (1) Yes, uncountable nouns can be tricky! There are many cases where the same noun is countable in one context and uncountable in another. (2) You do have to remember that certain words like the demonstrative and possessive adjectives act as determiners, making articles...

Hi, Can both uncountable nouns and countable nouns take "my", "his", etc.?

Hello Guest Since this is for an exam, I don't feel I should give detailed replies. But you may wish to consider: 1. Why the following sentences are ungrammatical: a) Never watch I television. b) Which programmes watched you? Look up Inversion in your grammar book. a) Would you like an...