The word 'tea' is a mass (non-count) noun for a substance and often doesn't need a marker; for example:
Would you like tea or coffee? or We can have tea with lunch.
When an article is used to introduce the word 'tea', any article will work depending on the context; for example:
The tea is ready. or A tea would be nice with this.
As a noun for a substance, the plural form is reserved for 'kinds of' or 'types of' and the article used would depend on the context; for example:
The teas that we serve are black, green, and white. or Select a tea from the menu.
no! mile marker is not a proper noun. a proper noun HAS TO BE capitalized.
No. Tea is a drink, and its name is a noun. When the noun tea is used with another noun, it is called a noun adjunct, rather than an adjective, as in the terms "tea party" or "tea break."
The noun 'tea' is an uncountablenoun as a word for a substance. Units of tea are expressed as a pot of tea, a cup of tea, a package of tea, etc.The plural form 'teas' is reserved for 'types of' or 'kinds of'; for example:The teas on the menu are green tea, jasmine tea, and lemon grass tea.
Yes, tea is a noun; a common, concrete noun, a word for a plant or a beverage, a thing.
First, the pronouns need to agree-- I am holding a marker in "my" left hand. In this sentence, the word "my" and the word "left" become adjectives, because they are describing the noun "hand." If you wanted to describe the other noun (marker), you could say you were holding a "yellow" marker or a "large" marker. An adjective tells us more about the noun it is modifying.
The word 'tea' is a mass (non-count) noun for a substance and often doesn't need a marker; for example:Would you like tea or coffee? or We can have tea with lunch.When an article is used to introduce the word 'tea', any article will work depending on the context; for example:The tea is ready. or A tea would be nice with this.As a noun for a substance, the plural form is reserved for 'kinds of' or 'types of' and the article used would depend on the context; for example:The teas that we serve are black, green, and white. or Select a tea from the menu.
no! mile marker is not a proper noun. a proper noun HAS TO BE capitalized.
No. Tea is a drink, and its name is a noun. When the noun tea is used with another noun, it is called a noun adjunct, rather than an adjective, as in the terms "tea party" or "tea break."
In English, "a" is an indefinite article used before a noun to indicate that the following noun is one of a kind or unspecified. It is not a noun marker in the traditional sense but serves to specify the noun it precedes.
A noun marker is a word that marks a noun; it points to a noun that follows,often the very next word. Asking the question WHO or WHAT following a NM will reveal the noun being marked.
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The noun 'tea' is an uncountablenoun as a word for a substance. Units of tea are expressed as a pot of tea, a cup of tea, a package of tea, etc.The plural form 'teas' is reserved for 'types of' or 'kinds of'; for example:The teas on the menu are green tea, jasmine tea, and lemon grass tea.
Yes, tea is a noun; a common, concrete noun, a word for a plant or a beverage, a thing.
First, the pronouns need to agree-- I am holding a marker in "my" left hand. In this sentence, the word "my" and the word "left" become adjectives, because they are describing the noun "hand." If you wanted to describe the other noun (marker), you could say you were holding a "yellow" marker or a "large" marker. An adjective tells us more about the noun it is modifying.
Yes because there different kinds of tea bags. If you said a certain kind of tea bag then that would a proper noun because it is a certain kind of tea bag
A mass noun can be used without markers, for example:I'll have tea. Tea is better than coffee.This needs sugar. Sugar will perk it up.Rice will be good with this recipe. My mom made this with rice.A mass noun can be used with markers, for example:The tea is bitter.The sugar is gone.The rice boiled over.Since mass nouns, like tea, rice, and sugar are expressed as in terms of measure or form, the noun markers are used for the measure; for example:The pot of tea...A cup of sugar...An ounce of rice...The bottle of oxygen...A roll of aluminum...An ocean of water...Plural forms for some substance nouns are reserved for 'kinds of' or 'types of'; noun markers are used in the same way:The combination of sugars...A selection of rices...An assortment of teas...
I prefer coffee to tea. 'to' is the correct preposition.