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Do you know how to make uncountable nouns countable?

Sep 27, 2018

Dear Cafetalk Community,
How are you? I'm glad the weather is cooling down some over there and the weather is turning to fall. It's a nice time of year, isn't it? Here in Canada, it is already snowing. I'm afraid we're in for a long winter ahead of us here in the north-western hemisphere. Please enjoy the changing season while you can.
Today, I want to talk to you about turning "uncountable nouns" into "countable" ones. For example, pizza is both "countable" and "uncountable" depending on the situation. However, if you add a "slice of pizza," it becomes "countable." As another example, milk is "uncountable" but "bottles of milk" is "countable." How many "bowls of rice" can you eat? "Rice" which is an "uncountable" noun becomes "countable" in a bowl. Also, toast is a mass noun and is "uncountable" but if you add "one piece of toast," you can make it "countable." Get it?
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Lady Ayame
(Patricia Ayame Thomson)

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