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mails vs mail #1 (permalink) Sat Oct 20, 2007 19:58 pm   mails vs mail
 

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #22 "Gerunds and Idioms", question 10

I'm really boring with all this mail that comes through my door asking me to give money to this or that charity.

(a) boring
(b) this mail
(c) asking

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #22 "Gerunds and Idioms", answer 10

I'm really bored with all this mail that comes through my door asking me to give money to this or that charity.

Correct entry: bored
The error was: (a) boring

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I'm really boring with all these mails that comes through my door asking me to give money to this or that charity.
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why all this mail in singular form?

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mails vs mail #2 (permalink) Sat Oct 20, 2007 21:56 pm   mails vs mail
 

'Mail' is in the singular when it refers to the letters delivered by post.
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mails vs mail #3 (permalink) Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:45 am   mails vs mail
 

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And it is uncountable: I didn't get much mail today.
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mails vs mail #4 (permalink) Mon Sep 22, 2008 19:49 pm   mails vs mail
 

Hi,

wouldn't it be more precise to say "I'm fed up with all this mail..." instead of bored? You get bored of a movie that isn't as entertaining as you expected it to be for example. But unrequested mail is in my opinion rather annoying than boring.
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