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minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month ago“Fewer” since they are countable. ETA this is basic grammar and not something you can just take exception with because you feel like it. The responses I’m receiving are very odd.
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIf there are two bike lanes merging into one, there are one, two or three bike lanes?
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWater isn’t countable but lanes are.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoHow many water in your glass?
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·27 days ago If there are two bike lanes merging into one, there are one, two or three bike lanes? Water isn’t countable but lanes are. What question are you answering?
minus-square0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI mean, technically water is countable
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoI believe there are about 55.508435 moles of H2O in a liter of water at sea level (basically assuming 1 liter of water = 1kg of water)
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoA mole is countable. Water is not.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAtoms of water are measured in moles. Atoms are discrete units, a mole is just a certain number of them
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSo you understand then why water is uncountable but atoms are not. Congratulations. What a strange pedantic hill you choosing to die on.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoTo you it doesn’t but I’ll leave that for you to resolve on your own.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoYou’re far too toxic to be worth the effort. Have a block.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoYou insulted me, how is that me being toxic?
“Fewer” since they are countable.
ETA this is basic grammar and not something you can just take exception with because you feel like it. The responses I’m receiving are very odd.
If there are two bike lanes merging into one, there are one, two or three bike lanes?
Water isn’t countable but lanes are.
Then count. One, two or three?
How many water in your glass?
What question are you answering?
I mean, technically water is countable
How many waters in that glass?
I believe there are about 55.508435 moles of H2O in a liter of water at sea level (basically assuming 1 liter of water = 1kg of water)
A mole is countable. Water is not.
Atoms of water are measured in moles. Atoms are discrete units, a mole is just a certain number of them
So you understand then why water is uncountable but atoms are not. Congratulations. What a strange pedantic hill you choosing to die on.
Why does it matter?
Why does grammar matter?
Yes
To you it doesn’t but I’ll leave that for you to resolve on your own.
you’re right, it doesn’t to me
You’re far too toxic to be worth the effort. Have a block.
You insulted me, how is that me being toxic?