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WBYeats
 
Reply Sun 29 Nov, 2015 08:05 am
Do you agree with my analysis?

-He couldn't spend the whole of next day answering email. (=email in general)
-He couldn't spend the whole of next day answering emails. (=emails as different entities)

I think the meaning is almost the same and the two can refer to the same situation, depending on how the writer/speaker views the thing. Do you agree?
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Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sun 29 Nov, 2015 08:16 am
I think more native speakers would use 'emails' than 'email'.
maxdancona
 
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Reply Sun 29 Nov, 2015 08:40 am
@Tes yeux noirs,
I am a native speaker. I use 'email' as a mass noun. It is the same as just plain 'mail'

I can't spend the whole day answering my mail.

I can't spend the whole day answering email.
maxdancona
 
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Reply Sun 29 Nov, 2015 08:44 am
@maxdancona,
Although on second thought, I would also say... "I got 50 emails today".

So I think the original post is correct.
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WBYeats
 
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Reply Tue 1 Dec, 2015 11:46 am
Excellent answers. Thank you.
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