2020-09-09
14 分钟Hi there.
This is Harry, and welcome back to my podcast, where I try to help you to understand in a better way the english language, so that you can communicate either personally or from a business perspective.
So we're going to look at grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, idiomatic phrases, everything that you'll need to make your English better and better understood.
So, what have I got for you in this particular podcast?
Well, time and time again, students make mistakes in relation to this area, in particular about uncountable nouns, and they often make mistakes with words that don't have a natural plural, but they try to put a plural there, and it causes confusion, particularly with the word like news.
Okay, like n e W s.
It's spelt with an s, but it's always used in the singular.
It's.
It's never new for one piece and news for more than one piece.
It's the only word you have is news, and pronounce it news.
You got that z sound at the end, news.
So if you want more news, it's pieces of news.
So, I have some news for you.
I have a piece of news for you.
I have two pieces of news to tell you.
What was the news in the newspaper today?
So, always in the singular, but spelt news and pronounced news.
And that's the classic mistake that lots of students make.
But there are other mistakes that students make in relation to uncountable nouns.
So I'm going to go through with you slowly, and hopefully you'll understand it a little better.