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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?

 

 

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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".

 

 

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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

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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

 

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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

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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

 

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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

 

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