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Does time countable or uncountable #1 (permalink) Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:35 am   Does time countable or uncountable
 

Hi everybody, why (time) is uncountable and I find it some times with s that means uncountable!
Can you explain the using of (time), please?
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Time and times #2 (permalink) Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:49 am   Time and times
 

Hi there. The noun time can be uncountable as well as countable. Please take a look at these examples:

Uncountable:
How much time do you spend watching TV every day?
I'm afraid I have to go because I don't have much time.

Countable:
How many times have you been abroad?
Every time I try to dial your telephone number your line is busy.

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Does time countable or uncountable #3 (permalink) Fri Aug 05, 2005 15:19 pm   Does time countable or uncountable
 

Thank you Torsten, you have made it very clear.
Let me ask you another question, Why (money) is uncountable althogh we can count money?
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Does time countable or uncountable #4 (permalink) Fri Aug 05, 2005 15:45 pm   Does time countable or uncountable
 

Hi,
To add to the countable eg:Employees are asked to change work stations for atleast 3 times in a year.
Torsten, am i right?

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Three times a year #5 (permalink) Fri Aug 05, 2005 16:35 pm   Three times a year
 

Gaikrish, Yes in your example the word time is countable: .... change the workstations three times a year.

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Money uncountable #6 (permalink) Fri Aug 05, 2005 16:39 pm   Money uncountable
 

abumashal wrote:
Thank you Torsten, you have made it very clear.
Let me ask you another question, Why (money) is uncountable althogh we can count money?

Well Abumashal, grammatically the word money is uncountable as you have pointed out. When you count your money, you actually don't count your money itself but you count the amount of monetary units in your currency. You don't say I have 1000 monies but you say I have 1000 dollars.

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Does time countable or uncountable #7 (permalink) Fri Aug 05, 2005 17:02 pm   Does time countable or uncountable
 

Thank you again Torsten. God bless you!! All questions have been cleared by your simple English examples.
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