Can I use the uncountable noun "news" countably?

2011-07-29 2:16 am
Hello everybody,

I'm from Hong Kong and sometimes I heard that some said,

"I've A good news for you"

Is the sentence grammatically incorrect?

I know "news" is an uncountable noun and shouldn't use "a" in front of "news", but I also know that some uncountable nouns can be used countably and vice versa. For example...

"We have plenty of time" ("time": uncountable)
"We have a GOOD time" ("time": countable noun referring to a more particular (not general) meaning)
(What we have is a GOOD time, not a bad time)

I wonder if "a good news" is grammatically acceptable.

Thanks.

回答 (3)

2011-07-29 2:18 am
✔ 最佳答案
Nope. I have good news for you.
2011-07-29 9:21 am
"News" does not have another meaning, as the words in your examples do. "A good news" is not English." If you want to count "news." you have to say, "I have a piece/a bit/of good/bad news." "I have good news" is fine.
2011-07-29 9:34 am
you can't put "A" in front of news.


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