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Why do we say "I love cake" but "I love cars"?

Why do some nouns need to be in the plural for that structure to work, while some are ok in the singular? E.g.: I love pizza, I love beef, etc. I always thought it was a matter of countable x...

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What does this "singular" mean?

I saw these from an online dictionary, they are several meanings about the word "hand".And from what have I known, nouns are classified into two kinds, the countable nouns and the uncountables, and the...

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Skin(of fruit/vegetable). Countable or uncountable?

Skin - [countable, uncountable] the outer layer of some fruits and vegetables (Oxford Dictionary)I can't understand how it can be both countable and uncountable. What is the difference?A chemical found...

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