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I have two questions concerning the usage of the word “misgiving”. The word, according to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, can be used either as a countable noun or uncountable one. So my first question is when it is used as a countable noun and when as an uncountable one. The following are two sentences from the dictionary. “She eyed the distant shoreline with misgiving”. “Despite her misgivings about leaving the baby, she decided to accompany her husband.” And my second question is if the former “misgiving” is changed into misgivings, and the latter “misgivings” is trimmed into “misgiving”, will any change in the shade of the meanings of the two sentences arise? If so, what is it? Any help is appreciated. I owe much to all those who have helped me on this wonderful website.