2005年12月8日 · Ah, no, there is a fundamental mistake being made here. Your uncountable example is fine. But in "two pieces of cake" it is the pieces that are countable, not the cake. The example to illustrate that cake can also be countable must use two cakes, not two pieces of cake. By way of additional illustration: flour in its normal use is an ...

2018年11月3日 · Uncountable nouns resemble adjectives: The sword was steel <- here it is hard to distinguish if "steel" is an uncountable noun or an adjective (The sword was wood/wooden <- uncountable noun/adjective.) The sword was of steel <- here steel is clearly an uncountable noun. Preposition + noun = modifier -> of + steel = adjectival modifier.

2019年6月22日 · In this meaning, it cannot qualify an uncountable noun: "I want to give you a knowledge." (ii) one example of. In this meaning, it can only be used where there is a partitive qualifier/modifier: "A knowledge of French is an advantage."

2006年5月23日 · E-mail is used just as "mail" is, as an uncountable noun describing a system*, or used to refer to items delivered by mail collectively (send by mail/e-mail; I receive a lot of mail/e-mail). A message sent by mail is (usually) called a letter, and we don't say "I received a mail from Aunt Agatha": we use the word "letter".

2010年1月6日 · However, like many sneaky uncountable nouns, there is an exception: if you are speaking of multiple kinds of milk, it can be pluralized, as in “Sheep, cows and goats give different-flavored milks.” This is generally considered a correct usage of the word, even though the noun is usually considered uncountable.

2022年8月3日 · When you have a substance (an uncountable noun) in English, you use of to make a countable noun: 1. a unit of <noun> (a grain of rice; a loaf of bread; a grain of sand; a sheet of paper) 2. a measure of <noun> (a kilo of rice; a liter of petrol) 3. a containerful of <noun> (a cup of tea; a plate of noodles; a bowl of soup; a can of beans)

2011年4月3日 · Greetings. Cloud It is a countable and uncountable noun, isn't it? The sun went behind a cloud. The airplane was flying in cloud most of the way. Do you have more examples or any explanation for this. What should I say when I am asked if …

2021年12月3日 · If it is countable, you can give a numerical answer (the nutritional value is 23.5). Since this is almost certainly not the intended meaning, it is probably uncountable.

2019年6月17日 · And the reason was that salt is an uncountable noun. I was imagining a situation where there are multiple cellars of salt on the table. So my answer to the question was to change "different" to "another". And I thought adding "a" in front of "different" could be another possibility. But I got the question wrong. What do you think of the question?

2011年1月27日 · Food is uncountable in general use, as it is in your examples. Like most non-count nouns it can be countable when considering types of food.