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Steve Turner[_3_] Steve Turner[_3_] is offline
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Tom Watson wrote:
"For example, some, any, none, no, and all can be used as non-count as
well as count..."


Oxford English Grammar, Sidney Greenbaum, Oxford University Press,
1996. p. 192.


Speaking of "count" vs. "non-count", why is it that before I start attacking a
pile of lumber I have fewer boards and less sawdust, but as I cut them up I
have more boards and more sawdust?

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