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Is this sentence correct?
I did some exercise for 30 minutes yesterday.
Here is the word"exercise" countable or uncountable?
In longman dictionary there are these two definition for " exercise" which I can't understand the difference
1. (Uncountable) Physical activities that you do in order to stay heathy and become stronger.
2. (Countable) a movement or set of movements that you do regularly to keep your body healthy.
Mar 7, 2021 7:06 AM
Answers · 1
Hiya.
Yeah, it's correct! 'Exercises' could also work, if you had something specific in mind.
The way you've used it uncountable; 'exercises' would be countable.
Some terms are always uncountable: 'I got some sleep'; some are always countable: 'I picked some apples'; some work as both, as in your example.
Matt
March 7, 2021
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