2014-08-19 Structure: count/noncount

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NOUNS
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In a sentence, nouns can be subjects and objects.
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things (concrete/abstract), places, people
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common: city	teacher	country	language day
proper: Boston	Greg	USA	English	 Tuesday
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   count: slice, dollar, chair,    apple
(countable)
noncount: bread, money, furniture, fruit
(uncountable)

chicken - animal is count, meat is noncount
    egg - whole egg is count, the material inside is noncount
  water - bottle/cup/glass is count, the liquid is noncount
	 (in modern English, especially at restaurants)

cheese - types are count, material is noncount
(wine, oil, fruit, meat, bread, etc.)

hair - strands are count, hair on your head is noncount
paper - individual sheets are count, book material is noncount

time - point in time, part of a timeline, occasions: count
       time in general, quantity of time: noncount

(p. 95 has some others that can be count and noncount)

film, painting, drawing, sculpture, dance,...
- count for specific examples, noncount for the art form
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p. 97
2 a work
3 a history
4 a talk
5 space - "outer" space is noncount
6 a time
7 criteria (plural of "criterion")
8 time
9 Work - people do work (= labor), create works (= pieces)
10 fish - the meat
11 Soda
12 milk
13 history
14 a film

Two of the best films I've seen...
Two of the funniest people...
Some of the best advice...

One of the most beautiful works...
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Homework: p. 105-107 (reading and questions)