adding -s

[jack]

What do these mean?

1. They barely have anything there.
2. They barely have anythings there.

Are these correct? If not, why?
3. How do I enable closed captionings listings.

4. Only this channel have tv listing. (Does this mean this channel have one tv listing?)
5. Only this channel have tv listings. Does this mean this channel have more than one tv listing?)

What do these mean?
6. Channels 3 to28 have TV listings.
7. Channels 3 to28 have TV listing.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by jack

What do these mean?

1. They barely have anything there.
2. They barely have anythings there.

anythings is not a word. anything is already plural, so -s is not required. It's plural in the sense that it refers to one or more things amongst a group of many things,

You can have anything in this box. You can have it all or just a few items, even just one item if you wish. :D

Originally Posted by jack

Are these correct? If not, why?
3. How do I enable closed captionings listings.
4. Only this channel have tv listing. (Does this mean this channel have one tv listing?)
5. Only this channel have tv listings. Does this mean this channel have more than one tv listing?)

3. The listings provide closed captioning, so closed-captioning listings would be better.

4. Only this channel has (Singular subject + singular verb); TV is capitalized, always. The channel lists more than one listing, so it's plural, listings. :wink:

4b. Only this channel has a TV listing for the show you want to see. (one listing for one show)

5. Only this channel has TV listings.

Originally Posted by jack

What do these mean?
6. Channels 3 to28 have TV listings.
7. Channels 3 to28 have TV listing.

6. is OK.
7. is not OK. 'listings' refers to the channels listed. Since there is more than one channel, there will be more than one TV listing. If the TV in your area has one channel only, then TV listing would work,

Our TV gets one channel, so we get only one TV listing.

All the best, :D

[jack]

What do these mean? If they're not correct, why?
1. This channel has closed-captionings.
2. This channel has closed-captioning.
3. This channel has closed-captionings listings. (Why is this incorrect?)

4. No listing available (Does this mean not even one listing?)
5. No listings availible (Does this mean no listings in general?)

6. Your friend has funky hair.
7. Your friend has funky hairs. (Hair is not countable?)

8. The repairs to the roof will be expensive. (Why is 'repair' plural?)
9. The repairs to the roof will be expensive. (What does this mean?)

10. I have pressure from my parents.
11. I have pressures from my parents.

[Casiopea]

1. This channel has closed-captionings. :(
2. This channel has closed-captioning. :D
3. This channel has closed-captionings listings. :(

closed-captioning refers to more than one close caption so -s is not required.

4. There is no listing available (For one specific listing) :D
5. There are no listings available (None at all) :D

6. Your friend has funky hair. :D
7. Your friend has funky hairs. :( (Hair is non-count?)

8. The repairs to the roof will be expensive.
=> More than one repair.

9. The repairs to the roof will be expensive.
=> This is the same as 8. :?

10. I have pressure from my parents. (From both parents)
11. I have pressures from my parents. (From each parent;more than one source of pressure; more than one kind of pressure. )

Try,

I am being pressured by my parents.
My parents put a lot of pressure on me.
My parents put a lot of pressures on me.

All the best, :D

[jack]

Thanks.

1. Those hairs are very nice on your head. (Is 'hairs' correct here? I am trying to say she has many kinds of wig on her hair.)

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by jack

Thanks.

1. Those hairs are very nice on your head. (Is 'hairs' correct here? I am trying to say she has many kinds of wig on her hair.)

If the hairs are countable, then, yes, "hairs" is OK (i.e., someone just got a hair transplant and you can see the strands of hair and you can count the strands of hairs).

Try,

Those wigs look/are very nice on you. :D

[jack]

Okay, thanks.

Are these correct? If not, why? What do these mean?
1. Keep your distance.
2. Keep your distances.

3. Are there any packing spaces here for staff?
4. Is there any packing space here for staff?
5. Is there any parking here for staff?
6. Are there any parking here for staff?

Do these make sense? What do they mean?
7. I have different kinds of chocolate.
8. I have different kinds of chocolates.
We support efforts of individuals.
We support efforts of individual. (What does this mean?)

9. You don't think aabout other people's feeling.
10. You don't think aabout other people's feelings.

11. I don't like that kinds of clothe.
12. I don't like that kind of clothes.
13. I don't like that kinds of clothes.
14. I don't like that kind of clothe.

15. I am upstairs. (What does this mean?)
16. I am upstair. (What does this mean?)

17. I don't want to put these pants on. (Does this mean more then one pants?)
18. I don't want to put this pair of pants on. (Does this mean one pants?)

anythings is not a word. anything is already plural, so -s is not required. It's plural in the sense that it refers to one or more things amongst a group of many things,

19. Is there anything to eat?
20. Are there anything to eat?
Are both of these correct?

closed-captioning refers to more than one close caption so -s is not required.

I still don't get how is 'closed-captioning' plural? So is 'closed-captionings' wrong? Why? I still don't really understand why is 'closed-captionings' wrong and 'closed-captioning' is plural?

What do these mean?
21. Summer is a buying season where there is a slow down in price drops.
22. Summer is a buying season where there is a slow down in price drop.

[jack]

1. This channel has closed-captionings. :(
2. This channel has closed-captioning. :D
3. This channel has closed-captionings listings. :(

closed-captioning refers to more than one close caption so -s is not required.

'closed-captioning' how does this refer to more than one close caption?

[Casiopea]

It's a non-count noun. If it were a count noun, we'd expect to see a determiner:

Count
Plural: This channel has captions.
Singular: This frame has a caption.

Non-count
Plural: This channel has closed-captioning.

[jack]

Non-count
Plural: This channel has closed-captioning.

Got you, thank you very much.

Are these correct? If not, why? What do these mean?
1. Please have you seat belt on at all time.
2. Please have you seat belt on at all times. (Is 'time' countable?)

3. There is a strip of carrot in here.
4. There is a strip of carrots in here. (Does this mean a strip from many carrots?)

5. There are strips of carrot in here. (Strips of carrot?)
6. There are strips of carrots in here (What does this mean?)

7. We like to do same thing.
8. We like to do same things.

9. Some students are working as prostitudes to make money.
10. Some students are working as a prostitude to make money.