Ju
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I am studying a grammar book and an electronic dictionary by Oxford.
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Points quoted from the grammar book
uncounted nouns are :
1 . subtances such as gases or liquids, solids such as sugar or sand composed
of such small units that we would not want to count.
2. solid masses such as butter or cheese which form a unit
3. abstant nouns that name qualities or concepts such as bearty or truth, eg
sugar, butter, water, gold, oxygen"
Points quoted from Oxford electionic dictionary
sound, rain, liquid, smokes are countable nouns
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Could you kindly clarify for me?
Thank you.
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Points quoted from the grammar book
uncounted nouns are :
1 . subtances such as gases or liquids, solids such as sugar or sand composed
of such small units that we would not want to count.
2. solid masses such as butter or cheese which form a unit
3. abstant nouns that name qualities or concepts such as bearty or truth, eg
sugar, butter, water, gold, oxygen"
Points quoted from Oxford electionic dictionary
sound, rain, liquid, smokes are countable nouns
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Could you kindly clarify for me?
Thank you.