Timeline for How could the uncountable noun "sufferings" be plural?
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| Jan 3, 2022 at 11:59 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | No. This confuses terminology, and analysis. It only makes sense to analyse usages, not nouns, as count or non-count. Many if not all nouns used normally in non-count contexts may be countified. Also, 'data' say is plural-form but usually singular in construction (as is 'confetti'); it is unhelpful to label these either just 'plural' or 'singular'. | |
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| Jun 2, 2014 at 19:15 | history | answered | njboot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |