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minus-squareTheJesusaurus@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·4 hours agoIt 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
minus-squaretoynbee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoNon-countable? I think some vampires might disagree. I also thought Thor relevant but I can’t find anything to support that.
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoWhether something is a. Punt or non-count noun is more convention than actual ability to be counted
minus-squaretoynbee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·51 minutes agoI know, but if I let reality impinge on my comments, it would get a lot harder to make stupid jokes.
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
Ahhh I see, thank you
Non-countable? I think some vampires might disagree.
I also thought Thor relevant but I can’t find anything to support that.
Whether something is a. Punt or non-count noun is more convention than actual ability to be counted
I know, but if I let reality impinge on my comments, it would get a lot harder to make stupid jokes.