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    About Plural nouns

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    About Plural nouns
    Message from roberto-t posted on 08-12-2011 at 09:39:18 (D | E | F)
    Hello,

    can you help me about how to differentiate which countable nouns are and which uncountable nouns are.
    I only know that some words can be counted then are countable nouns,but some words are dizzy for me,for instance:
    "Your experience are useful" I use "are" in this sentence,but to use "is" is right.
    I think that "Your experience" can include many fields:life experience、work experience、study experience and so on.So I use "are"

    So I need your help.Can you generalize and distinguish them?
    Thank you,hope you can understand what I mean.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 08-12-2011 12:19


    Re: About Plural nouns from dolfine56, posted on 08-12-2011 at 10:30:25 (D | E)
    Hi,
    here is a link.
    Link

    Hope it helps.




    Re: About Plural nouns from lucile83, posted on 08-12-2011 at 12:35:05 (D | E)
    Hello,

    Here is a link and a lesson about nouns that can be singular and need a verb in plural:
    Link


    To answer your precise question, the word experience is singular here and needs a verb in singular.
    You'll say: your experience is useful.

    That word may be in plural,then you'll have to use a verb in plural.
    Have a look here:
    Link




    Re: About Plural nouns from dsmith, posted on 10-12-2011 at 04:25:11 (D | E)
    Hello,

    You can't generalize which nouns are countable and which are not countable. You just have to memorize them.

    Have a good day!

    Doug




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