fire or fires

[michaelfung]

Since the word "fire" could be countable or uncountable, are all the following sentences correct? 1.Firemen put out fire. 2.Firemen put out fires 3.Firemen put out a fire. 4 Firemen put out the fire. 5. Firemen put out the fires.

[Tdol]

They're all correct, though the first is stretching the point a bit.

[michaelfung]

Dear tdol,

What do you mean :"the first is stretching the point a bit".
Could you kindly elaborate on this?




Regards,
mfung