A liberty and liberty

‘Here are a great many laws in England.’

‘…. the basis of English law is Magna Carta, the foundation of liberty….A basic document that states the liberties….’

‘While the king was waging a disastrous war in France, the leading barons of England…..’

‘…All merchants shall be able to go out of and come into England safely … except in time of war and if they are of the land at war with us.’

Remember that some nouns may be used as countable or as uncountable nouns depending on their meanings. Materials and abstract concepts are uncountable nouns, but they may be used as countable nouns to express specific meanings.

Countable noun	Specific meaning	Uncountable noun	General meaning
a law	a statute	law	abstract concept
an agreement	a document	agreement	abstract concept
a crime	an offence	crime	abstract concept illegal activity in general
a history	an account	history	abstract concept all history
a war	a specific war	war	the general act of war
a cloth	A piece of cloth	cloth	construction material
a liberty	a particular legal act	liberty	freedom
a relief	a payment	relief	abstract concept financial aid
a glass	a container	glass	construction material
a freedom (of + the)	a certain right	freedom	the state of being free
an honour	an occasion	honour	abstract concept all honour
a business	a company	business	abstract concept all business transactions
a stone	a small rock	stone	construction material
a time	a historical period	time	abstract concept all time
a democracy	a democratic country	democracy	abstract concept social equality
a silence	A specific occasion	silence	abstract concept all silence
a decision	an occasion	decision	abstract concept all decision
a space	a blank	space	the universe
an education	a specific person’s	education	abstract concept all education
a pleasure	a specific occasion	pleasure	abstract concept
a drink	A glass of alcohol for drinking	drink	an amount of a liquid suitable for drinking
a pain	a specific occasion	pain	abstract concept all pain
a language	a specific variety	language	abstract concept all languages
a fire	an event	fire	material
a life	a specific person’s life	life	abstract concept all life
a work	an artistic creation	work	employment
a light	a lamp	light	the absence of darkness
a noise	a specific sound	noise	abstract concept all sounds
a paper	a document	paper	construction material
a thought	an idea	thought	abstract concept all thoughts
a success	an achievement	success	abstract concept all success

Exercise 2. A. Some of the sentences in this exercise are correct. Some are incorrect. First find the correct sentences and mark them with a check. Then find the incorrect sentences, and correct them.

a. All the rules requiring or prohibiting certain actions are known as law.

b. When first studying a law it is necessary to realize that there are different types of a law.

c. Civil law deals with disputes between individuals or business and criminal law involves the state taking a case against a person because he or she has committed crime.

d. My neighbour is always complaining about a noise.

e. He’s enjoying his newfound freedom.

f. People will resent these restrictions on their liberty.

g. Two of the four freedom spoken of by President Roosvelt in 1941 are freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

h. The president spoke about the freedom embodied in the UN charter.

i. This came about because a lady liked a drink or two.

j. The United States is a democracy.

k. Athens and other city-states of ancient Greece had forms of democracy.

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