Bagaimana cara menyatakan dua potong daging, dua potong roti, dan sebagainya dalam bahasa Inggris?
Untuk buah apel jika kita ingin mengatakan dua buah apel maka kita bisa mengatakan "two apples" dengan menambahkan "-s" di belakang kata apel tadi sebab apple termasuk countable noun. Bagaimana dengan daging atau meat yang merupakan uncountable noun?
Perhatikan tabel berikut ini:
| singular | arti | plural | arti |
| a piece of bread | Sepotong roti | two pieces of bread | Dua potong roti |
| a piece of meat | Sepotong daging | three pieces of meat | Tiga potong daging |
| a loaf of bread | Satu papan roti | two loaves of bread | Dua papan roti |
| a bar of soap | Sebatang sabun | two bars of soap | Dua batang sabun |
| a glass of milk | Segelas susu | four glasses of milk | Empat gelas susu |
| an ear of corn | two ears of corn | ||
| a piece of music | Satu buah musik | three pieces of music | Tiga buah lagu |
| a piece of news | Sepotong berita | two pieces of news | Dua potong berita |
| a piece of mail | Sepucuk surat | two pieces of mail | Dua pucuk surat |
| a piece of toast | Sepotong roti bakar | two pieces of toast | Dua potong roti bakar |
| a piece of advice | Sebuah saran | two pieces of advice | Dua buah saran |
| a piece of information | Sebuah infomasi | two pieces of information | Dua buah informasi |
| a gust of wind | Sehembusan angin | two gusts of wind | Dua hembusan angin |
| a slice of bread | Sepotong roti | five slices of bread | Lima potong roti |
| a bolt of lightning | Seloncatan kilat | two bolts of lightning | Dua loncatan kilat |
| a clap of thunder | Sesambaran guntur | two claps of thunder | Dua sambaran guntur |
Pola atau rumus kalimatnya sebagai berikut:
Jika digunakan dalam kalimat ungkapan kata benda dapat dihitung dan tak dapat dihitung bisa ditulis:
S + V + idiom + uncountable noun
Contoh kalimatnya:
- They took a slice of toast yesterday
- He takes two glasses of milk now
Sekarang perhatikan contoh kalimat-kalimat berikut ini:
Incorrect: Rina buys two slice of bread in store.
Correct : Rina buys two slices of bread in store.
Incorrect: I heard three clap of thunder last night.
Correct : I heard three claps of thunder last night.
Incorrect: My mother has received many piece of information about her daughter lately.
Correct : My mother has received many pieces of information about her daughter lately.
Incorrect: Give him some of piece of advice to solve this problem.
Correct : Give him some of pieces of advice to solve this problem.
Incorrect: Please play me two or three pieceof music to Theo.
Correct : Please play me two or three piecesof music to Theo.
Incorrect: Five earns of cornsare needed in that recipe.
Correct : Five earns of corn are needed in that recipe.
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