mood: countable/uncountable?

[lisa***]

good day!


is MOOD countable or uncountable?
I checked from a dictionary and it's considered uncountable.
why do we say...
She's in a bad mood today...
why do we use an article "a" if mood were uncountable?

is it a fixed expression?


thank you and more power!

[retro]

good day!
is MOOD countable or uncountable?
I checked from a dictionary and it's considered uncountable.
why do we say...
She's in a bad mood today...
why do we use an article "a" if mood were uncountable?
is it a fixed expression?
thank you and more power!

Hi Lisa!

It's countable...but native speakers can tell you more about it.

[Philly]

Hi Lisa
.
The word mood is countable.
.
For example, if you talk about a person's mood (i.e., state of mind):
.
John was in a foul on Monday morning, a reflective mood on Wednesday and a jovial mood on Friday.
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That's three different moods. It's just that a person usually only has one mood at a time.
.

[Mariner]

mood is C, but regarding the use of the indefinite article, consider this:

"It's a nice tea to taste"
= (a kind of)

"Can I have two teas please?"
=(two cups of)

[BobK]

Possible irrelevance:

...
I checked from a dictionary and it's considered uncountable.
...

Maybe the dictionary was dealing with grammatical mood. A lot of people writing about English grammar avoid mentioning this; but speakers of Romance languages will have met it.

b

[MikeNewYork]

Possible irrelevance:


Maybe the dictionary was dealing with grammatical mood. A lot of people writing about English grammar avoid mentioning this; but speakers of Romance languages will have met it.

b

Even that "mood" is countable. We have indicative and subjunctive moods.

[BobK]

Even that "mood" is countable. We have indicative and subjunctive moods.

I would say it could be both C and U:"Togalog has no concept of mood".

(Incidentally, I know nothing of Togalog - perhaps someone would like to replace the example with something that's true.)

b

[MikeNewYork]

I would say it could be both C and U:"Togalog has no concept of mood".

(Incidentally, I know nothing of Togalog - perhaps someone would like to replace the example with something that's true.)

b

You're right; I should have said "can be countable".