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affection, affections------uncountable or countable?
When I look into the dictionary about "affection", it says it's "uncountable". However one of the sample sentence shows that
" Africa has always had a special place in my affections."
How can I distinguish to put "affection" and "affections" into sentences?
When I write " Many people have affection for your country.", is it all right?
2017年6月17日 00:33
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1. In general, it is singular and uncountable, but the sentence you reference is correct. It is a formal and somewhat literary style. In everyday speech: Africa has a special place in my heart.
2. Many people have affection for your country. Yes, that is a good sentence.
2017年6月17日
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Hi! Here the word "affections" is used to to refer to one of the things that the speaker likes/ is passionate about. The sentence means: "Africa has always been IN THE LIST OF/ONE OF the things I'm passionate about"
Here's another example:
Traveling is one of my loves.
In this example you can see the word "love" which is uncountable being treated as a countable word because the sentence means: "Traveling is IN THE LIST OF/ONE OF the things I love."
2017年6月17日
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