Read the inspiring article about
Phillip Choi at http://www.douglas.bc.ca/about/features/feature_story_archives/2009/esl-to-engineering.html
Note Phillip's reference to corrected writing. Does your learner have trouble with count and non-count nouns? Try promoting Phillip's trick of identifying all the nouns in his writing and thinking about whether they can be counted. Then apply the rules:
Note Phillip's reference to corrected writing. Does your learner have trouble with count and non-count nouns? Try promoting Phillip's trick of identifying all the nouns in his writing and thinking about whether they can be counted. Then apply the rules:
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WITH COUNT NOUNS
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WITH NON-COUNT NOUNS
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a(n), the, some, any
this, that, these, those
none, one, two,…
many
a lot of
a (large/great) number of
(a)
few
fewer… than
more… than
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the, some, any
this, that
none
much
a lot of
a large amount of
(a)
little
less… than
more… than
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