Olivia
poetry is uncountable. How about poem ?
2011년 4월 2일 오후 2:22
답변 · 4
Yes, it is--poems, as of pinions (feathers), and peons (messengers) (also, poetics, toiletries, polities, hippopotamuses~)
2011년 4월 4일
'Poem' is countable. 1 poem, 2 poems...
2011년 4월 4일
Poetry is an uncountable noun because it refers to a group or collection of things, e.g., Poetry is made up of all the poems that have been written. Water is made up of all the H2O molecules. Information is made up of / Information consists of one or more pieces of information. A poem is a single, independent item/thing and we can count how many poems there are, so "poem" is a countable noun, e.g., There are 60 poems in my book of poetry. Here is a link to some good information about countable/non-countable (uncountable) nouns: http://esl.about.com/od/grammarforbeginners/a/g_cucount.htm And here is a link to a fun quiz: http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/trouindx.htm#com click on the quiz under the heading "Adjectives, Articles, Adverbs"
2011년 4월 2일
Poem is countable. You can say 'Shakespeare wrote poems as well as plays'.
2011년 4월 2일
아직도 답을 찾지 못하셨나요?
질문을 남겨보세요. 원어민이 도움을 줄 수 있을 거예요!