Nadiya Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 Hi, I came across this question in a book... Great amounts of energy are required for the massive movements of the air in the atmosphere and for the exchange of heat and moist between the atmosphere and the earth's land and water surfaces. last underlined word is the answer. Can u explain why? Is energy a count noun or a noncount noun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21cn Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 Hi, I cam across this question in a book... Great amounts of energy are required for the massive movements of the air in the atmosphere[u/] and for the exchange of heat and moist between the atmosphere and the earth's land and water surfaces. last underlined word is the answer. Can u explain why? Is energy a count noun or a noncount noun? I think "between" is wrong. It should be "among". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadiya Posted May 2, 2002 Author Share Posted May 2, 2002 Ok 21cn. Can we say "Great amounts of energy" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arti Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 see Nadiya if you are confused during a real test with this kind of questions, one approach is as below: Since you cannot change "energy ARE required" as that part is not underlined, you have to agree with "amounts of"... try to look for problem in the other parts. there is definitely some prob with D. i think it should be......"for the EXCHANGES of heat" as even movementS is plural. i don't think it should be "among" instead of "between" because it talks abt exchange b/w 2 things only........ "atmosphere" and "earth and water surfaces". TELL US ERIN WHAT YOU THINK abt the same. Arti Arti Gupta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 Great amounts of energy are required for the massive movements of the air in the atmosphere and for the exchange of heat and moist between the atmosphere and the earth's land and water surfaces. last underlined word is the answer. Can u explain why? Is energy a count noun or a noncount noun? energy is almost always a non-count noun, but as Arti "artfully" pointed out, it's not underlined, so we should waste any of our "energy" thinking about it. It's more important to know that amount itself is a count noun, even though it's being used with a non-count noun. This sort of trick is typical of TOEFL, so it's good to try to keep our grammar rules straight. Okay, okay, but WHAT'S THE ANSWER???? Okay, here's the answer. It's actually much simpler than all of the stuff we've been talking about: :( for the exchange of heat and moist between the atmosphere:( ==> :) for the exchange of heat and moisture between the atmosphere:) Now you get it??? This is a simple parallel structure question... We need the noun form, moisture (moist is an adjective), to be parallel with the noun heat. HTH!! (Hope that helps!!) Erin Please post further questions here. Please search this newsgroup for FAQs & search TestMagic.com from the bottom of every page. TestMagic.com San Francisco, CA USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idiot Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Hi Erin Could you tell me why you don't use "among" insted of "between" here ??? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuzinha Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Originally posted by Idiot Hi Erin Could you tell me why you don't use "among" insted of "between" here ??? Thanks Hello! I think they don't use "among" instead of "between" because "earth's land and water surfaces" is only 1 thing - even though it seems like 2 items, the idea of it should be thought as "2 in 1". Otherwise, there would be a comma (,) separating the first from the second item and not 2 "AND"s in the same sentence. "Great amounts of energy are required for the massive movements of the air in the atmosphere and for the exchange of heat and moisture between the atmosphere and the earth's land and water surfaces." So, think of the exchange of heat BETWEEN 2 things: the atmosphere AND the earth's surface - land & water. I hope I am clear! Manuzinha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasleys Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Originally posted by manuzinha Originally posted by Idiot Hi Erin Could you tell me why you don't use "among" insted of "between" here ??? Thanks Hello! I think they don't use "among" instead of "between" because "earth's land and water surfaces" is only 1 thing - even though it seems like 2 items, the idea of it should be thought as "2 in 1". Otherwise, there would be a comma (,) separating the first from the second item and not 2 "AND"s in the same sentence. "Great amounts of energy are required for the massive movements of the air in the atmosphere and for the exchange of heat and moisture between the atmosphere and the earth's land and water surfaces." So, think of the exchange of heat BETWEEN 2 things: the atmosphere AND the earth's surface - land & water. I hope I am clear! Manuzinha This may help: Between and among mean different things. Between has to do with movement, or sometimes location. So: 'I travelled by train between London and Manchester'; 'Birmingham is between London and Manchester'. Among is harder to explain. It can mean something like 'surrounded by' or 'out of many'. So: 'I am happy when I am among friends'; 'Durham is just one beautiful city among many in England'. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idiot Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Originally posted by manuzinha Originally posted by Idiot Hi Erin Could you tell me why you don't use "among" insted of "between" here ??? Thanks Hello! I think they don't use "among" instead of "between" because "earth's land and water surfaces" is only 1 thing - even though it seems like 2 items, the idea of it should be thought as "2 in 1". Otherwise, there would be a comma (,) separating the first from the second item and not 2 "AND"s in the same sentence. "Great amounts of energy are required for the massive movements of the air in the atmosphere and for the exchange of heat and moisture between the atmosphere and the earth's land and water surfaces." So, think of the exchange of heat BETWEEN 2 things: the atmosphere AND the earth's surface - land & water. I hope I am clear! Manuzinha OK, I got it now, Between is used for 2 items and among is used for more. Here: first item: the atmosphere second item: the earth's land and water surfaces. It's OK ? May be it's diffcult to realize them . Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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