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teleostomi
12-09-2006, 11:53 PM
The Germans, with their much smaller Navy, had no way of defeating the blockade.
The noun "way" is countable, right? Why is it used as singular? We usually say "I have no books." if the noun "book" is countable. What's the difference?

danmahaffey
12-10-2006, 02:12 PM
In this sense, way means method, and is an uncountable noun.