Put It Together

Parse the Nouns

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For every noun: state current meaning, countability, number, possession, and whether it is the head.

We ordered chicken for lunch.

chicken: non-count food meaning · no direct number or plural

Three chickens crossed the yard.

chickens: count animal meaning · regular plural

A box of tools was near the mechanics’ table.

box: count singular head · tools: count plural inside of-phrase · mechanics’: regular plural possessive owner · table: count singular

SOLO → LABEL → JUSTIFY → CHECK

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Tips

Parse the Nouns

  1. Chicken demuestra que el significado controla countability.
  2. En a box of tools, box controla el número del subject; tools pertenece al modifier.
  3. No termines en la etiqueta: justifica la forma visible.