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Top 5 Mass Noun Mistakes

Author
UMIT OZAYDIN
Published
Fri 06 Mar 2015
Episode Link
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/top-5-mass-noun-mistakes--19255938

If I was asked what one of the most commonly occurring mistakes I see in translations is, my answer would be the attempt to pluralize uncountable (mass) nouns. Uncountable nouns: Are seen as a mass and cannot be counted or separated (i.e., bread) Are not used with indefinite articles a / an Can be used with much / little / some / any (e.g., “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing“) Mistakes are understandable given that what is uncountable in one […]

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