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Grammar Lab · Countable, uncountable & quantifiers

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Quick explain

  • Telbaar: one apple, two apples. Onbepaalbaar: water, money, information, advice, homework.
  • some in bevestigende zinnen, any in vragen en ontkenningen.
  • many/a few bij telbaar, much/a little bij ontelbaar, a lot of bij beide.

telbaar → many, a few | ontelbaar → much, a little | beide → a lot of

Examples

  • I've got some homework.
  • Have you got any questions?
  • How much money have you got?
  • How many people came?
  • There's a little milk left.

Dutch alert

  • I have many homeworks.

    I have a lot of homework.

    Homework is ontelbaar: geen -s en geen many.

  • She gave me some good advices.

    She gave me some good advice.

    Advice, information en news zijn ontelbaar.