English sorts nouns into two groups, countable and uncountable, and the split does not always match other languages. Words such as advice, furniture, and information feel countable to many learners, but in English they cannot be counted at all. This guide covers which nouns are uncountable, the words that go with them, how to count … Read more
Before almost every noun, English asks you to make a choice: a, an, the, some, many, or nothing at all. Three questions settle most of these choices. Two are about the noun itself, and one is about what your listener already knows. 关于本指南: 冠词与限定词 有两件不同的事决定名词前面用哪个词。有些选择取决于名词本身：它是可数还是不可数，是单数还是复数？另一些取决于读者已经知道什么：它是否已被提及，读者能否判断你指的是哪一个？本指南分为五个部分，与诊断测试的五个部分完全对应。 你可以先做诊断测验，看看这个主题的哪些部分需要复习，也可以直接进入练习活动，其中包含复习幻灯片。 阅读中文版指南 → 本指南本身为英文。这些翻译只是额外提供的便利，可能不够完美。 このガイドについて: 冠詞と限定詞 名詞の前にどの語を置くかは、2 つの異なる要素で決まります。1 つは名詞そのものによるもので、可算か不可算か、単数か複数かです。もう 1 … Read more