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News Forward Hearing Good Uncountable Noun Clive's Letters

Idx 1895
Keyword news
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence I'm looking forward to hearing a good news from you.
Correct Sentence I'm looking forward to hearing some good news from you.
Cloze Error Sentence I'm looking forward to hearing [[a]] good news from you.
Cloze Sentence I'm looking forward to hearing [[some]] good news from you.
Cloze Answer some
Choices some | a
Explanation

News is an uncountable noun: 'Why do Clive's letters never contain any news?' 'There's one piece of news that I'm sure will interest you.'

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