Timeline for Is 'artwork' a mass noun? [closed]
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| Oct 4, 2013 at 21:12 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @Jaydles: I disagree. OP clearly states 'I'm unclear as to which sentence is correct.' – indicating that he thinks it's an either - or situation – ie 'artwork' must be in the subclass 'count noun' or the subclass 'mass noun', but cannot have separate usages in both subclasses. This view seems to be held by both the other answerers also. M-W clearly points out that some nouns (and in particular this one) may be sometimes count, sometimes uncount. | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 20:17 | comment | added | Shog9 | Incidentally, @user77318, you might find this question helpful: english.stackexchange.com/questions/94618/… | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 20:04 | comment | added | Jaydles | @EdwinAshworth, I'd read it, but the online m-w dictionary clearly can't help the OP to find his or her answer in a "reference" way. It simply gives examples of both count and non-count senses, the existence of which are cited in the question as the explicit thing causing the OP's confusion. | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 19:52 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @Jaydles: (1st comment above) I already had, in the answer you don't seem to have read (18 hours before your comment). | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 17:25 | comment | added | MetaEd | @Jaydles You're right. And the beautiful thing is that the list of references welcomes your edits. | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 17:22 | comment | added | Jaydles | @MετάEd, I did overlook that one of the links went there, which it totally my bad. I still think there's a problem in that it's the ninth item on the list of references... | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 16:42 | comment | added | MetaEd | the Compact Oxford (oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/artwork?view=uk) does not require a subscription. | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 16:09 | comment | added | Jaydles | Can someone post how the OP should have looked this up? I just tried the list of general references. I don't have an OED subscription, the second item isn't really a dictionary, and the first one I was able to access didn't seem to indicate whether its terms are mass nouns. If we want posters to learn how to check these first, I think we need to do more to teach them how to check first (Currently we provide 24 places they should check.) | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 15:55 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @MετάEd A snag is that some countifications (if I'm allowed to countify 'countification') are considered allowable by some authorities but not by others. 'Information' appears to be going through this process at the moment, according to some. But yes, there are too many similar questions. | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 14:00 | comment | added | Kris | @MετάEd Good point (the 'at most'). One (community) post on to 'mass/countable nouns' should be useful. | |
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| Oct 4, 2013 at 13:55 | comment | added | MetaEd | @Kris At most we should have one Q&A about nouns which create mass/countable confusion. It makes no sense to replicate the dictionary with a separate entry for any word which some are not entirely familiar with. | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 13:28 | comment | added | Kris | Though technically a General Reference considering there are dictionary entries that answer the question adequately, I would like to leave this post open because there are evidently some who are not entirely familiar. | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 13:25 | comment | added | Kris | @MattЭллен Yes. And also, a countable. | |
| Oct 3, 2013 at 22:07 | answer | added | Edwin Ashworth | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 3, 2013 at 19:05 | answer | added | Zibbobz | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Oct 3, 2013 at 18:03 | comment | added | GEdgar | Example: President Francois Hollande's Socialist government moved on Thursday to halt a push to extend a wealth tax to artworks... (CNBC) | |
| Oct 3, 2013 at 17:56 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | artwork is a mass noun. | |
| Oct 3, 2013 at 17:55 | answer | added | OpenSorceress | timeline score: -2 | |
| Oct 3, 2013 at 17:50 | history | asked | user77318 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |