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evidence
The word 'evidence' is uncountable,
so I can't say "-THESE ARE clear evidence of life on Mars",
I must say " This is clear evidence of life on Mars" , even when I'm speaking about many pieces of evidence ??
Thank you !
6 dic 2017 15:07
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Hello Mirana,
You are correct that 'evidence' is an uncountable noun. Both sentences are grammatically correct. The second sentence would be used when you had previously referred to several examples of life on mars, hence using 'these are'.
Hope this helps.
6 dicembre 2017
Evidence is non-count and you can not use the plural verb "are" with it as-is. However using a word like "pieces" makes it countable. Therefore, you can say something like this, "These are some of the most complicated pieces of evidence I've seen." (plural) This piece of evidence is more important than that one. (singular)
The same is true of the word, "advice."
"Let me give you a piece of advice. (singular) "Some advice is better than others." (plural)
http://www.englishpracticeonline.com/make-uncountable-nouns-countable/
6 dicembre 2017
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Mirjana
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Serbo, Spagnolo
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Inglese, Spagnolo
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