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In what occasions is the word 'powder' used as a countable noun?
I have seen the expression "a powder". What does 'a powder' mean?
Does 'two powders' make sense either?
20 dic 2011 14:51
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"A powder" is understood to mean "a kind of powder". Likewise "two powders" would be taken to mean "two kinds of powder".
"The snow covered the land with a fine powder" = "The snow covered the land with fine powder."
You would hear the first one more often than the second because of tradition over time.
20 dicembre 2011
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20 dicembre 2011
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Cinese (mandarino), Inglese, Giapponese
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Inglese
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