seykota Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Is 'accommodation' countable or uncountable? Can you say "show me five accommodations"? My thought is that you can say "show me five hotel rooms" but not five accommodations, however I have been wrong before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetchariot Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Just looked it up as I was sure I had come accross the plural before. Accomodations refers to room and board, or lodgings. There is no reference to the plural, so although the word exists it seems not in the 'countable' way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I just looked it up in my excellent modern big British English dictionary, which says it's a British/American difference. Without a final s, accommodation is the British word, an uncountable noun regrading to a place to stay. It says Americans use the plural, accomodations, for exactly the same meaning. Of course, the word has another meaning: a change in behaviour or attitude, as in "Accommodation seemed impossible," from the corresponding verb. Now I see it's one of those troublesome words with two double consonants, which is as embarrassing as Mississippi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 COED: accommodation n noun 1 a room, building, or space in which someone may live or stay. (accommodations) chiefly North American lodgings. 2 a settlement or compromise. 3 adjustment to or reconciliation of changing circumstances. 4 the automatic adjustment of the focus of the eye by the lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingue2rep Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 From a French perspective... to complicate matters, add in genders! définitions : accommodation Nom féminin singulier fait d'accommoder, d'adapter · en écologie, modification biologique afin de s'adapter à nouveau milieu naturel · en physiologie, capacité du cristallin à se modifier pour permettre une meilleure vision Seule forme : nom féminin singulier. forme de base : accommodation lemme, masculin singulier : accommodation forme au pluriel : accommodations Difficulté : accommodation Stylistique et sémantique : L'accommodation est une adaptation par modification souvent progressive d'un organe ou d'une conduite : "L'accommodation de l'oeil". Ne confondez pas avec "accommodement" qui signifie : "arrangement, accord, compromis". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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