Forum: English Questions 
Nov 3rd, 2010, 02:04 am
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Views: 4,171  Re: articles with such and rather
There are a few more where that happens, particularly with herd animals - deer, sheep, buffalo, zebra, antilope..... Sometimes with an alternative plural (buffaloes, zebras), sometimes not (deer,...
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 2nd, 2010, 04:14 am
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Views: 4,171 Re: articles with such and rather
Yes - these words have both countable and countable forms. Look at the following :
Fruit/Fish is good for you. The speakers sees the fruit/fish as a foodstuff, a mass (all fruit) and therefore...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 31st, 2010, 06:10 am
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Views: 4,171 Re: articles with such and rather
Your original idea is correct. Where you are going wrong is in thinking of wine as an uncountable noun. In this sentences it isn't - it's countable.
Rather than saying that nouns are C or UNC, it's...
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