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countable or uncountable
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nemomen
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countable or uncountable
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Hello, sorry to bother you guys but I have a problem with 3 words, and I can not tell for sure if they are count. or uncount. In my opinion, wage( money) is C, pay is C and interest(money) is U. Please tell me if I am right or wrong:(
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30 Nov 2009
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maoopa
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Wage= Countable
Pay= Countable
Interest= Could be both, if you are talking about the things you do to occupy your time, it �s countable. E.g. "Interests and Hobbies". However, if you are taking about Interest in terms of money, it is uncountable.
I hope that helps
Best regards,
Mauro
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30 Nov 2009
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baiba
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Is the noun pay really countable? Can you give an example?
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30 Nov 2009
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Zora
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"Pay" is uncountable as a noun. You don �t say ... The pays are great at the bar on 52 St. - it �s "The pay/wages are great..."
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30 Nov 2009
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Spagman63
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Pay is uncountable and payment is countable.
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30 Nov 2009
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MJ_Misa
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Pay is definitely uncountable (just doing adjectives with my 8th graders;-)
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30 Nov 2009
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lizsantiago
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i tell my students when they hava a doubt with coun/uncountable to put a number before if it makes sense the countable uf not uncountable ... example i have one pay... dosent make sense. |
30 Nov 2009
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