Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Uncountable
Hi,
Can 'animal' be treated as an uncountable noun? I couldn't find it this in the dictionaries.
For example:
Pollution harms both man and animal.
Can 'animal' be treated as an uncountable noun? I couldn't find it this in the dictionaries.
For example:
Pollution harms both man and animal.
Top answer
This would be the natural phrasing: Pollution harms both humans and animals. ) Animal is very rarely used as a category of life forms which do not use photosynthesis as their energy source. This category includes humans.
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This would be the natural phrasing:
Pollution harms both humans and animals. (It's not very good for plants, either.)
Animal is very rarely used as a category of life forms which do not use photosynthesis as their energy source. This category includes humans.
For example, Everyday things can be classified as animal, vegetable or mineral.
Pollution harms both humans and animals. (It's not very good for plants, either.)
Animal is very rarely used as a category of life forms which do not use photosynthesis as their energy source. This category includes humans.
For example, Everyday things can be classified as animal, vegetable or mineral.
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