Hi Nadya

>>Now you have me at a disadvantage as I've no idea what " vse chudesatee i chudesatee" means or refers to.
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>>Terry
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>Rough translation back from Russian to English would be "it becomes more and more interesting and complicated".
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>BTW, I was reading the article Tracey gave me a link yesterday and found new facts for me about nouns which are uncountable:
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>fruit, candy, yougurt
>advice.
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>I thought these words are countable. It is also interesting that the word "vegetable" is countable...

Well, yes and no. You'd say "how much fruit is in the basket/can you eat?" but "I like fruits of the forest/exotic fruits". "How much yoghurt is in the pot?" but "How many yoghurts are in the fridge?".

I think it's to do with whether you can count them in the context: you can't count the number of yoghurt elements in a pot but you can count how many pots

Another one is "sand": "How much sand is in the desert" but "the sands of time are running out", "the golden sands of the beach".

Grain: "How much grain is in the silo?" but "How many grains of corn/sand can you count"

There are certain words that are only always singular I think: Sheep, cattle, deer, antelope, buffalo, bison - strangely enough, all are animals that herd. And as usual in English there are exceptions: a herd of goats, a quail - a flock of quail, a goose - a flock of geese.

Funny old language - it kind makes you proud to be able to speak it :-)

но я представляю что русский трудн

Наилучшие пожелания

Terry