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subject/verb agreement
to noncount
What's the difference?
expressions of quantity
few/little/of
100
"Every" and "each" are always followed by this loner.
What is a singular noun
100
the two basic rules of noncount nouns.
What is "is not preceded by indefinite articles a/an, or one," and "has no plural form, so does not add a final -s/-es."
100
"I opened the drape to let in some light." "Don't forget to turn off the lights when you leave."
What is the first is "light" used as an abstract noun. The second, "light" is used a a tangible, countable substance.
100
One of these, a/an, the, this/that, or a possessive pronoun ALWAYS has to precede me.
What is a singular count noun.
100
We sang "a few" songs. "Few" mistakes were corrected.
What is used for count nouns.
200
prepositional phrases between a subject and its' verb....
What is "do not affect basic subject/verb agreement."
200
These are some examples of "wholes" that are made up of different parts.
What is equipment, mail, fruit, scenery, stuff, traffic, jewelry, garbage...etc....
200
"The glass building is beautiful." "The drinking glasses are fragile."
What is the first is a material, the second is a container for drinking.
200
"We" are used with count nouns.
What is "every," "each," and "one."
200
We listened to "a little" music. We pay "little" attention to the news anymore.
What is used with noncount nouns.
300
These "-ings" are always singular.
What is a gerund
300
These are phenomenons of nature that are noncount nouns.
What is sunshine, weather, heat, humidity, rain, darkness, electricity....
300
"I would like tea, please." "China grows many teas."
What is the first is a drink, the second means "kinds of." You can count different kinds (oolong, black, green, white...)
300
"a few," "both," "a couple of," "several," "many," "a number of," are used with us.
What is ONLY count nouns.
300
You use me to show "specifiity" to a noun.
What is "of."
400
The expressions "some of," "most of," and other expressions of quantity depends on this part of speech.
What is the noun or pronoun that follows it.
400
Examples of liquids, solids, gases, or mass of particles that are noncount nouns.
What is water, ice, bread, soup, steam, air, rice, chalk, sugar, smoke, hair, pollution, oxygen, milk, gold, iron.
400
"What time is it?" "There were many times the man wanted to give up."
What is the first is an abstract concept. The second means "occurances."
400
"a little," "much," "a great deal of," are used only by us.
What is noncount nouns.
400
These terms help tell your reader something is largely absent, or largely present.
What is "a little," "few," "little," "a very few," ......
500
Exceptions to the "expressions of quantity with 'of'" rule are these three singulars.
What is "one of," "each of," every one of."
500
I am a kind of noun that has no physical form; you can't touch me, taste me or "see" me; I can't be "counted."
What is an abstraction.
500
"My grandmother always played bridge on Wednesday afternoons." "Kansas City has several bridges that cross the Missouri River."
What is the first example is of a card game, the second example is of a structure.
500
used by both count and noncount nouns.
What is "no," "hardly any," "some/any," "a lot of/lot of," "plenty of," "most," "all."
500
When "of" is ALWAYS needed.
What is when you use, "50% of," "half of," "three-fourths of," "thousands of,"....