User talk:Gwib

Hello, Gwib, and welcome to the Simple English Wiktionary!

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Good luck and happy editing!--Brett 23:02, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Lower case

Please note that all entries should be in lower case unless they are always written in upper case.--Brett 17:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Alright, thanks for telling me. It's a force of habit at Simple Wikipedia :) --Gwib 17:47, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

delete

Use {{qd}}--Brett 18:10, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Number & nouns

Nouns are broadly grouped into countable and uncountable, though these really apply to particular senses of nouns rather than the nouns themselves. Most simply, if you can pluralize the noun, it is countable. For example: plates are countable but crockery isn't. Chairs are countable, but furniture typically isn't. Other pairs are opinions & advice, stories & fiction, facts & knowledge, holes & space, songs & music, naps & sleep, lies & bullshit, etc. Of course, not everything is paired up like this. Also a lot of stuff that is typically uncountable can be countable when you're talking about kinds. For example, you'd say, would you like some beer, but you'd also say, I keep a few different beers in the fridge. I hope that helps.--Brett 21:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)