Question
Tom has a paper, but his brother has two papers.
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Is the use of 'paper' correct? Is the sentence above correct in terms of grammar?
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Is the use of 'paper' correct? Is the sentence above correct in terms of grammar?
Answers
Writeacher
No, it's not quite right.
Tom has a piece of paper, but his brother has two pieces (of paper).
The words bread and coffee (and others) are like this, too. Remember your lessons on count-nouns and non-count-nouns?
Tom has a piece of paper, but his brother has two pieces (of paper).
The words bread and coffee (and others) are like this, too. Remember your lessons on count-nouns and non-count-nouns?