Talk:uncountable noun

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[[uncountable noun]]

Now that [[[[countable noun]]]] has been deleted, I think it makes sense to delete this as well. At least, I don't see any reason that we'd want one and not the other. —Ruakh_TALK 07:42, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Delete. Jamesjiao → ^{T ◊ C} 03:37, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Keep. There was no consensus on deleting [[[[countable noun]]]], restored. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 04:00, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

There was sufficient consensus, but we can discuss this in its own section, up the page.​—msh210℠ (talk) 05:48, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Delete.​—msh210℠ (talk) 05:48, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Delete, on its own merits and for the sake of consistency. - -sche (discuss) 09:45, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Delete, Mglovesfun (talk) 11:04, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Delete, and "countable noun" as well. --Hekaheka (talk) 12:48, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

• Delete, sense given at uncountable is sufficient. —Angr 15:05, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Delete. DCDuring TALK 16:13, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

• Delete per Angr. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 16:44, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

For those worried about translations, and you know who you are, mass noun and count noun will remain. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:07, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

• Keep per the arguments made by me for "countable noun" at #countable noun, soon to be found at talk:countable noun. For one set of similar entries, see talk:free variable. Similar entries in grammar: common noun, proper noun (search for google books:"noun is common", "...the student can just tell you if the noun is common or proper", "...whether the following noun is common or proper", " the context usually makes it clear that the noun is common, not proper"), abstract noun, collective noun, concrete noun, nominative case, ect. -- see Wikisaurus:grammatical case; present tense, past tense, etc.; subjunctive mood (google books:"mood is subjunctive"), bare infinitive (google books:"infinitive is bare"), coordinating conjunction (google books:"conjunction is coordinating"), independent clause (google books:"clause is independent"), transitive verb (google books:"verb is transitive"), strong verb (google books:"verb is strong"), and other. A dictionary having the term: Collins: uncountable noun.

  A question to the supporters of the deletion: what makes you keep "common noun" and "proper noun", if anything? --Dan Polansky (talk) 12:27, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

• Keep per Dan Polansky. We're not doing ourselves any favours by deleting entries for grammatical terms that enable Wiktionary users to better understand entries. Astral (talk) 23:42, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

deleted -- Liliana • 17:05, 18 April 2013 (UTC)