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Is "tobacco" UNCOUNTABLE or COUNTABLE? 1.Is "tobacco" UNCOUNTABLE or COUNTABLE? 2.If it is countable, which one is right? pl. tobaccos or tobaccoes? 3.which meaning of tobacco is countable? thanks.
Apr 9, 2018 4:20 AM
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The word "tobacco" by itself is not countable. You can not say "1 tobacco, 2 tobaccos, 3 tobaccos, etc." "Tobacco" is counted by the plant, so you would say "1 tobacco plant, 2 tobacco plants." You could also count it as a "stalk of tobacco." (1 stalk of tobacco, 2 stalks of tobacco, etc.). How you phrase it, will depend slightly on the context it is used in.
April 9, 2018
It's usually uncountable, but could be pluralized to refer to varieties or kinds of tobacco. The plural is spelled with no "e" -- tobaccos. See the entry in the Oxford: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tobacco
April 9, 2018
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