Ø Some
I need some blank tapes.
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Object pronouns for PLURAL
COUNT NOUNS.
The speakers are not talking about specific tapes.
Ø Any
I don’t have any, but Jack
has some
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The speakers are talking about
specific tapes, the tapes speakers a left on her desk.
Ø Much
I have so much coffee in
my cabinet.
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Because the word coffee
included in the noun that can not be counted, then we use much to explain the
numbers.
Ø Many
I have so many books in my
book shelf.
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Because the book is an object
that can be calculated then we use many.
Ø A
A dog makes a good pet.
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There speakers is talking about
any dog, all dogs, dogs in general.
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Ø The
Did you feed the dogs?
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The speaker and the listener
are talking about the same specific dog. The listener knows which dog speaker
is talking about : the dog that they own, the dog that they feed everyday. There
is only one dog that the speaker could possibly be talking.
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Ø No Article
Dogs make good pets.
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A speaker use no article with a
plural count noun when s/he is making a generalization.
Ø An
This is an excellent room.
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Use to review introduce what it
operations we are talking about.
