The context is that I slept then woke up then slept then woke up five times. Can I say the sentence above with the context? We often hear, “I had a sleep” countably.
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chhiring sherpa 5439Can I say the sentence above with the context?
No. Funny, but I never realized before that some countable nouns can't normally be counted. You can say "Did you have a good sleep?", but "sleep"' normally takes something like "night's": "I got a good night's sleep."
chhiring sherpa 5439We often hear, “I had a sleep” countably.
Yes, that is OK, but the plural is unidiomatic there. There is a role for the plural in speaking of periods of sleep as units, but that is rarely called for.
No. Funny, but I never realized before that some countable nouns can't normally be counted. You can say "Did you have a good sleep?", but "sleep"' normally takes something like "night's": "I got a good night's sleep."
Yes, that is OK, but the plural is unidiomatic there. There is a role for the plural in speaking of periods of sleep as units, but that is rarely called for.