Sir Shakespeare
Member
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2009
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Arabic
- Home Country
- Palestinian Territory
- Current Location
- Morocco
Hello!
In one of the English series I am teaching, I faced some problems concerning countable and uncountable nouns. Why do we usually consider "Fruit" uncountable whereas we do consider "Vegetables" countable?!! And why "lentil" and " Olive" are countable while "Rice" and " Salt" are not! And how on earth do we say : " How MANY lentils and beans do you eat?!" Can anybody count lentils and beans while eating?! If yes, then rice is countable and we are supposed to ask " How many riceS do you eat?" !!!!
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In one of the English series I am teaching, I faced some problems concerning countable and uncountable nouns. Why do we usually consider "Fruit" uncountable whereas we do consider "Vegetables" countable?!! And why "lentil" and " Olive" are countable while "Rice" and " Salt" are not! And how on earth do we say : " How MANY lentils and beans do you eat?!" Can anybody count lentils and beans while eating?! If yes, then rice is countable and we are supposed to ask " How many riceS do you eat?" !!!!
---- Thank You ----