26. Count Nouns and Mass Nouns (Countable and Uncountable Nouns). English Grammar and Usage.
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Uploaded by mrthoth on Dec 16, 2009
Yossarian the Grammarian explains the difference between two kinds of nouns, mass nouns and count nouns, telling you when it's appropriate to use "amount of" instead of "number of," "less" instead of "fewer," and "many" instead of "much."
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This an excellent lesson. Awesome teacher!!! =D
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that was a very valuable lesson , thank you so much !
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I looked up the word "amount" in 3 different dictionaries. All of them said "how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify". It is perfectly normal to say "There was a large amount of pencils in his desk" or "there was a large amount of butter in the frig". Also, when an uncountable noun is thought of as being a normal portion or a type of something it can become countable. You can say "My favorite butters are Land O' Lakes and Margarine" or "2 coffees please".
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Eight items or fewer. Hmm. Maybe the rules of rhythm are stronger here. Selling is an emotional field, after all.
In Hong Kong there is confusion between assignments and homework, words and (differently wrong) vocabulary. As in, 'We have three homeworks tonight and I need to put 6 new vocabularies in my vocab book'. I tell my kids to imagine homework is like air. Endless.
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I love the series, but please fix the sound Level.
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Why you like sticks so many?
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Your vids are very educational yet at the same time pretty enjoyable. Thanks!
Could anybody please tell me the difference between:
"IN doing so, she..." and "BY doing so, she..."
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