is donation a countable noun?
and in which circumstance will it be plural?

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emmahendrickson

2 mar 2017

Inglês (EUA)

Yes donation is a countable noun because it is money that people give to you without buying something and money is countable.

You could say I got a lot of donations from the bake sale.

A lot would make the donation noun plural(donations).

dextrous

2 mar 2017

Hindi
Marati

any noun ending with 'tion' is an abstract noun, and abstract nouns are always singular (and hence uncountable).

xc44xc44xc

3 mar 2017

Chinês Tradicional (Taiwan)

@emmahendrickson
I saw this example in the dictionary:
The club received a benevolent donation.
Is it because it wants to express the concept of donating,so it uses singular noun here😣?

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is donation a countable noun?
and in which circumstance will it be plural?

is donation a countable noun?and in which circumstance will it be plural? See a translation

Yes donation is a countable noun because it is money that people give to you without buying something and money is countable.You could say I got a lot of donations from the bake sale.A lot would make the donation noun plural(donations).

any noun ending with 'tion' is an abstract noun, and abstract nouns are always singular (and hence uncountable).

is donation a countable noun?
and in which circumstance will it be plural?

Yes donation is a countable noun because it is money that people give to you without buying something and money is countable.

You could say I got a lot of donations from the bake sale.

A lot would make the donation noun plural(donations).