1) Search for "wood" in the corpus; does it ever occur with the indefinite article immediately preceding it?
Yes, in some contexts "wood" is a countable noun
No, "wood" is always used as an uncountable noun
Yes, "wood" is always used as a countable noun
2) Does the form "woods" occur in the corpus?
No, "woods" is an uncountable noun and does not have a plural form
Yes, in its countable use "wood" has a plural form
No, "wood" is invariably singular
3) Search for "telescope" in the corpus; based on the corpus results would you say that "telescope" is a countable or an uncountable noun?
countable
uncountable
neither
4) Does the form "telescopes" occur in the corpus?
Yes, "telescope" is a countable noun and has a plural form
No, "telescope" is an uncountable noun and does not have a plural form
Yes, "telescope" is invariably plural
5) Search for "conversation" in the corpus; does it ever occur with the indefinite article immediately preceding it?
Yes, "conversation" is a countable noun
No, "conversation" is always used as an uncountable noun
Yes, "conversation" is invariably singular
6) Does the form "conversations" occur in the corpus?
No, "conversation" is an uncountable noun and does not have a plural form
Yes, "conversation" is a countable noun and has a plural form
No, "conversation" is invariably singular
7) Search for "furniture" in the corpus; does it ever occur with the indefinite article immediately preceding it?
Yes, "furniture" is a countable noun
No, "furniture" is an uncountable noun
No, "furniture" is invariably plural
8) The search "piece* of furniture*" yields which of the following search results?
"piece of furniture" and "pieces of furnitures"
"piece of furnitures" and "pieces of furniture"
"piece of furniture" and "pieces of furniture"