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To the extent that you can hold a heart in your hand, it differs from the mind and the soul (assuming that mind does not equal brain). So you wish to talk about "heart" in the abstract. The soul seems to be an intangible concept by definition. The mind means different things to...

Hi, Different than those who rely on a dictionary to find out whether a particular word is a countable or uncountable noun, do native speakers rely their own knowledge of word usage that naturally stem from years of usage? I think if you look at some dictionaries from America, for instance, I...

Hi Cool Breeze and everyone, First, I would like to disclaim my ability to read Mr. Steinback’s mind. Second, beauty is in the eye of the beholder; thus, whatever I share below is just a pure figment of my imagination. When I first read the passage, the personification usage...

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi Hoa ThaiFrom a webpage of Cambridge University International Education and Training Society, http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/iets/ " ... Summarise general situations and common difficulties for students in graduate, undergraduate, A-Levels and GCSE courses, and provide...

Hoa Thai wrote:I was told that a or an should not be used to mark noncount nouns, sush as water, gold, etc.. That is simple until I encounter abstract nouns! For instance, give me an advice is incorrect since advice is an abstract noun. However, an online search shows that both give me...

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

Hi! How is every body? I hope fine.First of all, let me express my appreciation to this wonderful Forum whose discussions always are fruitful. I am a fresh member who joins you from a Arabic-speaking country and wants to improve his English through your decent Forums.I want to know whether...

Believer wrote: Hi, Yoong Liat I was looking at my Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary for the word 'ash' and it had a notation among other notations something like this. Can you tell me if that tells anything about its countability. I am confused about the "also N in pl"...

Thank you, Incho. Let me change the adjective 'total' to some others, please tell me 'a' or 'the' is still necessary for all. Whoever planted it showed huge disregard for the safety of the public. Whoever planted it showed overall disregard for the safety of the public. Whoever planted it...

Hello Believer, Abstract nouns in the plural indicate an instance of the phenomena concerned: Whoever planted the bomb showed a total disregard for the safety of the public. I have experienced many injustices, or intensification of the phenomenon