newspaper是可数名词吗
来源: 英语语法网栏目: 名词
newspaper是个合成词,是由不可数名词news+不可数名词paper构成,就是这个原因,让同学们理所当然地认为newspaper也是不可数。
1.newspaper,做“用来阅读的报纸、刊登消息的报纸”讲时,是可数名词。
例如,I'm so bored,pass me some newspapers to read.太无聊了,递给我些报纸看看。
When I came back home,my mother was reading a newspaper.
2.newspaper,做“旧报纸”,侧重于“纸”这种物质的含义时,和paper(纸张)一样,是不可数名词。
例如,I often use some newspaper to start a fire.我经常用报纸来引火。
几个常考的短语:
1.看报纸:read a newspaper/read newspapers,不能用see,look!
2.在报纸上:in the newspaper,不能用on!
3.在今天的报纸上:in today's newspaper,名词所有格做定语!!!