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Jamiej23
 
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 05:26 pm
Generosity is a non count noun so why can we use it in the plural form 'generosities'?
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hingehead
 
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Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 06:02 pm
It's just another example of English's flexible grammarcality.
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contrex
 
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Reply Wed 17 Nov, 2004 03:51 am
It might be better to use something like "acts of generosity" if that is what is meant.

see also kindness, kindnesses.
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