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Basic Question: Is 'knowledge' countable? Is this word has plural form?
Can we write 'To gain more knowledge ... ' or 'Searching for knowledge ... ' ? Are they correct to say ?
25 feb. 2009 15:16
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Hello Socko,
Let me check .. 1 knowledge , 2 knowledge ..No you can't count them that way , so probably it is an uncountable noun ,but you can gain more knowledge and search for knowledge, yet you can't have many knowledge ;)
Those uncountable nouns by definition imply the state of of numerous objects or concepts,yet they are singular .Despite them not having a plural form, they indicate plurality.
26 februari 2009
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http://esl.about.com/od/grammarforbeginners/a/g_cucount.htm
" What are uncountable nouns?
Uncountable nouns are materials, concepts, information, etc. which are not individual objects and can not be counted.
information, water, understanding, etc.
Uncountable nouns are always singular. Use the singular form of the verb with uncountable nouns:
There is some water in that pitcher.
That is the equipment we use for the project.
Some uncountable nouns in English are countable in other languages. This can be confusing! Here is a list of some of the most common, easy to confuse uncountable nouns.
accommodation
advice
baggage
equipment
furniture
garbage
information
knowledge
luggage
news
progress "
26 februari 2009
If you wish it will be countable :))
27 februari 2009
@ JieFu:
Thank you for your nice words but I don't feel I deserve them as I edited the post thanks to Neal's judicious comment.
26 februari 2009
great answe by Sophie.................I learned something today from her answer..... I won't even attempt to better it!
26 februari 2009
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