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What is the difference between demand (countable) and demand (uncountable) ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between demand (countable) and demand (uncountable) ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
@tranhung2007 In "The demand for tickets was so great," demand refers to the desire for tickets, which is uncountable. In "It was such a great demand," the word "it" implies that the demand is a single command, which is countable.
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- English (US)
The countable demand is a noun. It is something you are directed to do.
The uncountable demand is a verb. It means to tell someone to do something.
My dog isn't trained, so it never listens to my demands.
He demanded the store to give him a refund for the faulty product.
- Vietnamese
I have looked up this word in many dictionaries and it says that it can play in both roles as a UNCOUNTABLE and COUNTABLE noun I am rather confused about which one to choose
- English (US)
@tranhung2007 Can you tell me the sentence you are trying to use it in?
- Vietnamese
the demand for tickets was so great that people queued day and night
=>it was such a great demand/ such great demand for tickets that ...
=>it was such a great demand/ such great demand for tickets that ...
- English (US)
The first sentence is correct. In this sentence, demand is uncountable.
- Vietnamese
I have searched for the key saying that 'it was such a great demand' whereas in the dictionary saying that uncountable form is the need or desire for goods and services
- Vietnamese
@AAAGH do you mean the second one?the uncountable?
- English (US)
@tranhung2007 In "The demand for tickets was so great," demand refers to the desire for tickets, which is uncountable. In "It was such a great demand," the word "it" implies that the demand is a single command, which is countable.
- Vietnamese
I didnt notice that😂 sometimes studying English make me brainless btw thanks a millions
- English (US)
@tranhung2007 No problem. Glad I could help!
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