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This is the age old question. Example sentences apparently don't count any more. I can't see how GENOME is a mass noun anyway. It seems a strange classification choice. It's at least not just a mass noun.Philip Wilson wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:26 pm Another way to 83 was ((7 + 5 - 3) * 10) - 7.
Can anyone help with the dictionary here... I risked 'audios' and 'genomes'. Both happen to be mass nouns, but genomes is spelt out in an example sentence in the definition, so it has to be a word! It can't be right, though, that the validity of a word is dependent on the definition containing the mass noun + s or not, can it? How do I know which mass nouns are valid with an s and which are not?
Ah right, thanks. I knew there would be a rule here but didn't know what it was. Shame in the programme Susie had an 8 in that round so Genomes wasn't mentioned anyway.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:57 amPhilip Wilson wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:26 pm Another way to 83 was ((7 + 5 - 3) * 10) - 7.
Can anyone help with the dictionary here... I risked 'audios' and 'genomes'. Both happen to be mass nouns, but genomes is spelt out in an example sentence in the definition, so it has to be a word! It can't be right, though, that the validity of a word is dependent on the definition containing the mass noun + s or not, can it? How do I know which mass nouns are valid with an s and which are not?
This is the age old question. Example sentences apparently don't count any more. I can't see how GENOME is a mass noun anyway. It seems a strange classification choice. It's at least not just a mass noun.
Have seen the June 11th VASELINE thread now, which I hadn't at the time of asking! Apologies. I really need to catch upGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:57 amThis is the age old question. Example sentences apparently don't count any more. I can't see how GENOME is a mass noun anyway. It seems a strange classification choice. It's at least not just a mass noun.Philip Wilson wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:26 pm Another way to 83 was ((7 + 5 - 3) * 10) - 7.
Can anyone help with the dictionary here... I risked 'audios' and 'genomes'. Both happen to be mass nouns, but genomes is spelt out in an example sentence in the definition, so it has to be a word! It can't be right, though, that the validity of a word is dependent on the definition containing the mass noun + s or not, can it? How do I know which mass nouns are valid with an s and which are not?
Yeah, I thought afterwrds you might not have seen it and was considering going back to add that in, but then I forgot.Philip Wilson wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:11 amHave seen the June 11th VASELINE thread now, which I hadn't at the time of asking! Apologies. I really need to catch upGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:57 amThis is the age old question. Example sentences apparently don't count any more. I can't see how GENOME is a mass noun anyway. It seems a strange classification choice. It's at least not just a mass noun.Philip Wilson wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:26 pm Another way to 83 was ((7 + 5 - 3) * 10) - 7.
Can anyone help with the dictionary here... I risked 'audios' and 'genomes'. Both happen to be mass nouns, but genomes is spelt out in an example sentence in the definition, so it has to be a word! It can't be right, though, that the validity of a word is dependent on the definition containing the mass noun + s or not, can it? How do I know which mass nouns are valid with an s and which are not?