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- adjective grammar Not a
count noun .
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In both cases, the definite article denotes a class or category, what in literary criticism would be called a genre: it is prefixed to a noncount noun, which refers to a tradition of human activity or what Pullum calls a “worldwide fraternity.”
Doing both at once 2010
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In both cases, the definite article denotes a class or category, what in literary criticism would be called a genre: it is prefixed to a noncount noun, which refers to a tradition of human activity or what Pullum calls a “worldwide fraternity.”
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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NONCOUNT • Ø furniture A noncount noun: NOUN • some furniture 1. is not immediately •
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Slide 2: In English, we have count and noncount nouns: 2 Count Nouns Noncount Nouns chair love student money day weather song food computer fruit room furniture Dr. Shadia Y.
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