English language learners quite often make mistakes in using articles (a/an, the). Their writings are characterised by overuse and under-use of articles and it could be due to factors such as the ...

Could you please explain countable and uncountable nouns? Cake is uncountable in certain cases but countable when we say: She baked some cakes. countable nouns Countable nouns are the names of ...

Very recently Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that “money doesn’t grow on trees” during his speech to the nation where he defended his economic reforms. If the popular saying is changed to “Monies ...

If someone terribly damages your belongings such as a car and a laptop, angrily you may say, ‘He did a lot of damages to my car.’ There is a problem with the expression because ‘damage’ in this ...

A noun is a thing, e.g. cat, room, exam. Most of the time, we can talk about how many of these things we have: Bobby has three cats at home! It’s amazing how many rooms are empty in our school. I have ...

What exactly are countable nouns and how are they different from other nouns? Countable nouns are exactly what you think they are with no exceptions. They are the names of things that you can count.