tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post6716885215611855968..comments2023-04-04T05:10:43.280-07:00Comments on Blogging English: Guide to Countable & UncountableVanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-76922098198329989962007-09-26T11:50:00.000-07:002007-09-26T11:50:00.000-07:00gendered nouns... yes indeed English is lucky NOT ...gendered nouns... yes indeed English is lucky NOT to have them. It's true: no rhyme, reason or rules. Just memorize them. Spanish, French, German, Italian, eyc. all have them. I don't know how we missed getting them in modern English. Ole English (which is more like German had them). <BR/><BR/>It's probably because somewhere along the way English shifted from agglutinated (gendered noun, cases, lots of endings) to analytic (order of words & context not endings determines what they are). Analytic language make better trade languages. Learners may have to learn syntax and a lot of vocabulary but they do not have to learn endings, genders, cases, complex conjugations.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-26901839632078948512007-09-22T23:53:00.000-07:002007-09-22T23:53:00.000-07:00This link Learn English Online - Lesson 37 - Count...This link <A HREF="http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson37/Lesson37.htm" REL="nofollow">Learn English Online - Lesson 37 - Countable and Uncountable Nouns</A> I think it gave me a good concept to understand noun :)<BR/><BR/>I'm also studying swedish noun, it's really difficult because they have the gender of noun. Teacher said they don't have rules. I have to remember only. btw it's really fun to learn new language.~Tai~https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716887074816660008noreply@blogger.com