"Heart" (affection) is countable?

TeddyCodd · Tue Jul 01, 2008 16:47 pm *"Heart" (affection) is countable?*

Which is correct,
"she has beautiful heart",
or "she has a beautiful heart"?

In this sentence, I mean "affection" by "heart".
I believe this "heart" is uncountable.

Could anyone help me?
Thanks.

Yankee · Tue Jul 01, 2008 17:18 pm *"Heart" (affection) is countable?*

Hi Teddy

Welcome to the site.

It seems to me that collating the word beautiful with heart would most likely be done by someone such as a cardiologist -- in which case the word heart would literally be a blood-pumping organ found inside her body.

However, if I want to use the word heart to refer figuratively to the location of feelings and emotions, I would most likely use the word countably in a context such as yours:

She has a big heart.
She has a soft heart.
She has a wonderful heart.
She has a kind heart.
She has a broken heart.
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Molly · Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:04 am *"Heart" (affection) is countable?*

"She has heart" is also heard.

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