[Vocabulary] analysis

[Jack8rkin]

Is the word "analysis" countabe or uncaoutable? Sometimes I have a doubt on the use of the indefinite article with it. Could you shed some lite on it?

 

[bhaisahab]

Is the word "analysis" countabe or uncaoutable? Sometimes I have a doubt on the use of the indefinite article with it. Could you shed some lite on it?

It can be countable, you can say "an analysis", for example. The plural is "analyses".

 

[Jack8rkin]

Could you please elaborate on that? When is it countable, and when is it uncountable?
Thanx

 

[Raymott]

Could you please elaborate on that? When is it countable, and when is it uncountable?
Thanx

It's uncountable when it's used as an abstract noun:
Falling in love is not subject to logical analysis.

It's countable when you're referring to a specific analysis or analyses of something.

 

[yuriya]

Is the word "analysis" countabe or uncaoutable? Sometimes I have a doubt on the use of the indefinite article with it. Could you shed some lite on it?

Countability in abstract nouns is quite a tricky fella for non-native speakers including me.
Rule of thumb(My thumb actually) is if used as an instance or specific kind then treat it as count! For instance, when we use "analysis" as the process of analyzing then it should be abstract and uncountable but when we use it as "an instance or one version of such sort of analysis then it is considered concrete and countable.