不可数名词

"Fire" is an uncountable noun while "fireman" is a countable noun.

火』是不可数名词，而『消防队员』则为可数名词。

In general, uncountable nouns with singular verbs, plural countable noun plural verb.

一般来说，不可数名词用动词单数，可数名词复数用动词复数。

Don't forget that some kinds of food are countable. Some kinds of food are uncountalbe.

别忘了，一些食物是可数名词，一些是不可数名词。

For example 'steel' is nearly always an uncount noun, but in contexts where it is important to distinguish between different kinds of steel it can be a mass noun.

比如'steel'钢铁几乎总是不可数名词，但在区分不同种类钢铁很重要的文章里就可以是物质名词

Metonym : The substitution of one term for another with which it is commonly associated or closely related.

一般来说，不可数名词用动词单数，可数名词复数用动词复数。

Synecdoche : The substitution of a part for the whole or vice versa.

但当不可数名词前有表示数量的复数名词时，谓语动词用复数形式。

In Tangsa,a small village in northern India,there used to be no trees in or around the village.Later,people realized the importance of the forest.Women began to plant trees and_ take good care of them.

the rest表示"剩下，其余"，作主语时，若它所指代的是复数名词，谓语动词用复数；若它所指代的是不可数名词或单数名词，谓语动词则用单数。

But that number in front of uncountable nouns plural noun, the predicate verb in the plural form.

但当不可数名词前有表示数量的复数名词时，谓语动词用复数形式。

Most of the vocabulary wasn't new but the focus was more around grammar; using plurals versus singular form and countable and uncountablenouns.

我们学习的多数都不是新词汇，重点是学习语法；使用复数和单数名词，可数和不可数名词。

I think a lot of students would buy American chocolate cookies or Greek cheese pie.

相当于lots of，后面可以修饰可数名词，也可以修饰不可数名词。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。