Chicken Sandwich
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2010
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- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Russian Federation
- Current Location
- Netherlands
Can you say: "Who still uses videotape?". In my opinion it's incorrect because you're speaking generally, so it should be: "Who still uses videotapes?" However, the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English indicates that it can be both countable and uncountable:
vid‧e‧o‧tape 1 [FONT="][FONT="] / [FONT="]ˈvɪdiəʊteɪp [/FONT][FONT="][FONT="] $ [/FONT]-dioʊ- [/FONT][FONT="]/ [/FONT][/FONT][FONT="] noun [/FONT][FONT="] [ uncountable and countable [FONT="]] [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] a video videotape of a videotape of everyday life in Havana
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Thank you in advance.
vid‧e‧o‧tape 1 [FONT="][FONT="] / [FONT="]ˈvɪdiəʊteɪp [/FONT][FONT="][FONT="] $ [/FONT]-dioʊ- [/FONT][FONT="]/ [/FONT][/FONT][FONT="] noun [/FONT][FONT="] [ uncountable and countable [FONT="]] [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] a video videotape of a videotape of everyday life in Havana
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Thank you in advance.