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About tree bark
Is the word bark uncountable?
How to use it in sentences like this:
Bark covers trees
Trees are covered with bark
Lets have a closer look at the bark of a poplar and the bark of bird cherry.
Barks of differet trees have different characteristics
We can crumble this piece of bark easily
22 de mai de 2019 15:50
Respostas · 3
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Countable nouns refer to a thing or 'things' (singular or plural), while uncountable nouns refer to 'stuff' (always singular).
Like many nouns - such as 'tea' or 'wool', for example - 'bark' has both a countable and uncountable form. In most cases, you see 'bark' in its uncountable form : bark is 'stuff', the hard material that you find on the outside of tree trunks.
In most of your sentences, 'bark' is uncountable as it refers to the substance. However, in your fourth sentence, "Barks of different trees have different characteristics", it is countable and plural: this is because 'barks' is a shorthand way of saying 'types of bark'.
All uncountable nouns become countable when you're talking about 'different types of...'. For example, 'tea' is uncountable, but when you say 'We sell a variety of teas', the word is countable because you mean 'different types of tea'.
I hope that helps.
22 de maio de 2019
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The bark of a tree is uncountable, but the different tree barks in a pile of tree bark, or tree bark scattered on the ground in a forest would be countable by a scientist if they wanted or needed to count the different species of tree bark.
22 de maio de 2019
1
If I understand your question I would say the word bark (tree bark) is not countable. You would not say 4 barks. You would say 4 pieces of bark. The sentences generally seem fine.
22 de maio de 2019
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Zhuravleva Antonina
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Inglês, Russo
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Inglês
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