Question

1274 1 Her beautiful blond hairs were shining in the sun. Her beautiful blond [[hairs were]] shining in the sun. hair was When you mean 'a single hair' or 'several individual hairs', hair is a countable noun: 'There was a long black hair in my soup.' 'Stand still and I'll brush the hairs off your jacket.'When you mean 'all the hair on a person's head', hair is uncountable: 'Where do you go to have your hair cut?'

Accepted Answer

hair ✗ Her beautiful blond hair was shining in the sun. Her beautiful blond [[hair was]] shining in the sun. hair was | hairs were

Idx	1274
Keyword	hair
Sub Entry Number	1
Type of Sentence	✗
Error Sentence	Her beautiful blond hairs were shining in the sun.
Correct Sentence	Her beautiful blond hair was shining in the sun.
Cloze Error Sentence	Her beautiful blond [[hairs were]] shining in the sun.
Cloze Sentence	Her beautiful blond [[hair was]] shining in the sun.
Cloze Answer	hair was
Choices	hair was \| hairs were
Explanation	When you mean 'a single hair' or 'several individual hairs', hair is a countable noun: 'There was a long black hair in my soup.' 'Stand still and I'll brush the hairs off your jacket.' When you mean 'all the hair on a person's head', hair is uncountable: 'Where do you go to have your hair cut?'

Hair Beautiful Blond Shining Sun Single Individual Countable