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Newsは単数?複数?
from English Grammar Today Cambridge Dictionary)
We use the uncountable noun news to mean ‘information or reports about recent events’. It takes a singular verb:
The news is good about Mary. The doctors are very happy about her progress.
Not: The news are good about Mary.
Do you have any news of your sister? How is she these days?
I’ve got some news for you – I’m getting married!
Not: I’ve got a news for you …
If we want to talk about news as an individual thing, we can use bit of, piece of or item of (more formal):
I heard a couple of interesting pieces of news the other day about the company’s plans for expansion.
An item of news caught her eye in the newspaper. It was about a child who was missing.
We say the news when we refer to the television or radio programme that gives reports of recent events:
I always watch the news on CNN before I go to bed.
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NEWSの語源には、東西南北で起きた出来事を集めることから、「North(北)」「East(東)」「West(西)」「South(南)」のそれぞれの頭文字を取り、NEWSになったそうです。なのでNEWSのSは複数系のSではないのです。
furniture, information, paper, waterなどと同じ不加算名詞。単数扱いです。
a/an や数詞を付けることができません。the は付けることができます。
some/anyなど(不定の量「いくらかの~」)という意味の数量形容詞(不定数量詞)をつけることができます
a news とは言いません。数える時には、a piece(item) of news, two piece of news …
これを機会に不加算名詞の仲間と、数える時の表現等まとめてみてください!
不加算名詞には他にどんなものがありますか?
その名詞の数える時の表現は?