Write two expressions that are followed by either count or non-count nouns in conversation.

The threat increases; a defence that doesn't evolve is meaningless.

He's just a normal junior high school student, not particularly intelligent.

Of course I apologised, saying that the first appointment had priority.

By summit, do you mean the Group of Eight?

You just have to understand what sort of thing the suffix '-osity' is.

-osity' is an abstract noun word ending created from the ending of an '-ous' adjective.

That means nothing if English speakers don't understand it.

You need permission to put up that sort of poster, and, most of all, you're ruining the looks of the street!

It's not like I've got any special interest in gym shorts - I've not got that fetish, I think.