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原帖由 overview 於 09-3-26 13:58 發表 
請問以下對唔對?
Is there any noodles ?
Yes, there is some noodles.
我覺得noodles係uncountable, 但有人話如果個字可以加"s", 即係countable, so 以上既問題should use "are" instead of "is". ...
I agree with wisekid2007. You may wish to take a look at the following which is copied from a teacher discussion forum:
Normally with an uncountable we develop a countable containment unit that these substances are found in. But there are so many nouns that make exceptions (thanks mostly to the service industry) out of the uncountable rule that books can't even catch up. French fries are countable. We can count individual fries, but we usually use the noun in a different form and never use the 'containment' aspect like 'glass', 'pint', 'cup', etc:
'One large fry' vs 'One large box of fries'
'Two large fries' vs 'Two large boxes of fries'
(what would a grammarian place the fries in anyway?)
Uncountable consumable substances become countable when it is already understood how the substance is served. Sometimes the speaker doesn't care what the uncountable is served in :
'One small Coke' vs 'One small plastic cup of Coke'
'One coffee with two sugars and two creams' vs
'One cup of coffee with two bags of sugar and two containers of cream (inserted into the coffee)'
When the speaker can assume that the receiver understands certain language aspects, such as in the examples above, without causing difficulties, these examples become the norm when they offer a certain amount of efficiency. Once these become the norm, they become equally as correct as the rules in the grammar texts even though it'll take 3 decades for the texts to catch up. |
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