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To: Sowbug who wrote (2201)	3/22/1999 3:40:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Respond to of 4711

The term escapes me, but I can tell you that you are correct in your examples.

To: Sowbug who wrote (2201)	3/22/1999 5:03:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

<<<Right: "Software is what runs on hardware." Wrong: "Yesterday I bought a software for my computer." Right: "Yesterday I bought a software product for my computer.>>> Sowbug, it would also be correct to say either "Yesterday I bought some software for my computer," or "Yesterday I bought software for my computer." <<<And does anyone know the grammatical term describing nouns that aren't supposed to be preceded with the article "a" or "an," such as "mountaineering," or "resourcefulness"? They seem to be words that describe classes of objects, or things that aren't "things" in an individual sense.>>> Are those 'abstract' nouns? ...Edwarda?

To: Sowbug who wrote (2201)	3/22/1999 5:25:00 PM
From: Neenny	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4711

They seem to be words that describe classes of objects, or "things" that aren't "things" in an individual case. common nouns--dog, cat, horse, bug abstract nouns--hope, love, sadness proper nouns--England, France, the White House (which is is really not proper of a place these days) collective nouns--jury, group, team mass nouns--peace, tranquility, dust So which noun classification are you speaking of??? I would think possibly collective nouns??

To: Sowbug who wrote (2201)	3/24/1999 10:40:00 PM
From: David C. Burns	Respond to of 4711

And does anyone know the grammatical term describing nouns that aren't supposed to be preceded with the article "a" or "an," such as "mountaineering," or "resourcefulness"? They seem to be words that describe classes of objects, or things that aren't "things" in an individual sense. Fowler doesn't mention any proscriptions or prohibitions along those lines. At first I thought you were referring to collective nouns, but maybe I should vote with E for abstract nouns.