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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-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoNo, water is countable. Unfortunately you are incorrect. EDIT: the word “water” isn’t usually made plural, but water the substance can absolutely be measured and counted.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSorry but some nouns (ie cats) can be counted while others (ie air) cannot be.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoLanguage is a flexible thing. I heard this in a children’s game of tag, “Octopi, Octopi, can I cross your waters?” And you can count air too, either by volume or amount of molecules.
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.
No, water is countable. Unfortunately you are incorrect.
EDIT: the word “water” isn’t usually made plural, but water the substance can absolutely be measured and counted.
Sorry but some nouns (ie cats) can be counted while others (ie air) cannot be.
Language is a flexible thing. I heard this in a children’s game of tag, “Octopi, Octopi, can I cross your waters?”
And you can count air too, either by volume or amount of molecules.