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Quanti fiers with Countable and Uncountable Nouns           When referring to a quantity, we must first look at the noun and determine if the noun is countable or uncountable. Here are a few pointers that will help you understand when to use which quantity identifier. Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns A few A little Many Much A lot of A lot of Fewer less Examples for countable nouns We have a few books. There are many teachers here today. I have a lot of shirts. There are fewer students today than yesterday. Examples for uncountable nouns I have a little water left. There is much money in the bank. We have a lot of paper. There is less milk today than yesterday. ***Notice that “a lot of” can be used with countable and uncountable nouns. If you don’t remember when to use “much” or “many” , you can...

THE MAJOR THREATS TO THE EARTH ENVIRONMENT 1. EXTINCTION Destruction of forests and other habitats is driving 100 species of plants and animals to extinction everyday. The losses are especially serious in the tropical forests, which cover only 7 % of the earth’s surface but are home to between 50% and 80% of the planet’s species. The genetic material being lost forever may contain secrets for fighting disease or improving crops. 2. GLOBAL WARMING If emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are not severely reduced their heat-trapping properties could raise the atmosphere’s mean temperature as much as 8 Fº during the next 60 years. The major sources of C02 are the cars, factories and power plants of the industrial countries and the burning of tropical forests in the less developed world. 3. WASTE As nations produce millions of tons of household garbage and toxical industrial waste, the world is running out of places to dispose of refuse, and the danger ...

SOME MISTAKES MADE BY SCIENTISTS Lee con detenimiento el siguiente texto y conviértalo en español. Encierre en un círculo las estructuras verbales que contengan los verbos modales. Escriba en los espacios correspondientes los equivalentes en castellano de las oraciones o parte de oraciones subrayadas.   (1) A scientist may fall into error while following the procedures of the so-called scientific method. (2) He could make different mistakes in addition to those which will be indicated later. For example, (3) he might fail to read all the relevant literature about the problem he is investigating, and therefore (4) might miss essential pieces of evidence. When designing an experiment or group of experiments, (5) he could incorporate the answers he expects or subconsciously desires. (6) This could happen , especially in the fields of psychology or sociology where the questionnaire method is used extensively. (7) The investigator must be extremely...

POSESIVO ANGLOSAJÓN POSSESSIVE GENITIVE En el Idioma Inglés, existe una forma especial de expresar posesión cuando se trata de denotar pertenencia entre dos sustantivos. Dichas estructuras se expresa colocando primero el poseedor, luego un apóstrofe seguido de una “s” y por último lo poseído. Desde el punto de vista sintáctico se puede decir que el sustantivo poseedor, desempeña la función de un adjetivo por cuanto se antepone y modifica al sustantivo poseído. Ejemplo: Castellano El libro de Juan Inglés John´s book Sustituye a la preposición DE A. En el caso de sustantivo singular en función de poseedor, generalmente si se trata de una persona o animal se le agrega   (´+ s). Ejemplos: Castellano It is my teacher´s room Inglés Es el salón de mi profesor. Castellano They are Mary´s parents Inglés Ellos son los padres de María ...