• TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca
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    4 hours ago

    It is a grammar thing. You can have a lot less of a non-count noun, like sand. But you have to have fewer of countable nouns, like loaves of bread, or bakers of bread

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      4 hours ago

      Non-countable? I think some vampires might disagree.

      I also thought Thor relevant but I can’t find anything to support that.

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        3 hours ago

        Whether something is a. Punt or non-count noun is more convention than actual ability to be counted

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          51 minutes ago

          I know, but if I let reality impinge on my comments, it would get a lot harder to make stupid jokes.