Mass nouns are very hard for nonnative English speakers. The examples that I find really annoying are “softwares” and “codes”.
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A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•"I am going to punch you" - Proud of this kid! Nothing more American than punching Nazis! True patriot!
9·14 days agoSeems like it’s going around. I had that happen to me too.
Homework is a mass noun. It has no plural.
They like the cheap shit. Generation MD.
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9·1 month agoIt won’t work so long as you have first-past-the-post voting.
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politics @lemmy.world•Ex-GOP operative's stark ultimatum on ousting Trump: 'Choose the Republic or surrender it'
3·1 month agoTo be fair Rick mostly borrowed the language of the 1776 Declaration. I like it.
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politics @lemmy.world•Trump Flips the Bird in Angry 'F*** You' Blast After Pedo Slur
24·2 months agoI understand the motivation of shouting “pedo protector” at him, but it might be more effective to organise everybody who gets into earshot to shout “they’re trying to poison you, Mr. President, stop taking your meds”.
Maybe if might be over a bit sooner if he starts to think he thought of it himself.
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0·3 months agoFrench moves just as quickly. The Académie Française exists to make sure the French you learn in school doesn’t keep up.





My Malaysian colleagues seem to have a heck of a time with mass nouns. The talk about staffs taking leaves and leaving feedbacks. I would correct them but it feels like a losing battle.