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some small questions
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23 May 2007 Wed 02:58 pm |
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23 May 2007 Wed 03:01 pm |
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23 May 2007 Wed 03:18 pm |
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Quoting libralady: May be I am being dumb, but what are "accountable" and "unaccountables" - only time I have ever heard this is in accountancy! Do you mean when counting (accountable) or using numbers (ie. 3 ducks) or when not counting (unaccountables)? |
That's countable - uncountable LL! 
As far as I've seen, no one talked about (un)accountable things here 
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23 May 2007 Wed 04:05 pm |
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Quoting libralady: May be I am being dumb, but what are "accountable" and "unaccountables" - only time I have ever heard this is in accountancy! Do you mean when counting (accountable) or using numbers (ie. 3 ducks) or when not counting (unaccountables)? |
It is interesting that you said "accountable"and "unaccountable while everyone says "countable" and "uncountable".
to count: saymak
to account: hesabını yapmak/muhasebesini yapmak
They are different I guess...
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23 May 2007 Wed 04:07 pm |
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Quoting SunFlowerSeed: Quoting libralady: May be I am being dumb, but what are "accountable" and "unaccountables" - only time I have ever heard this is in accountancy! Do you mean when counting (accountable) or using numbers (ie. 3 ducks) or when not counting (unaccountables)? |
Sorry Libralady, I couldn't get your question ...
accountable ???
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If you mean countables and uncountables; Turkish doesn't have a similar countancy as English. They are thought differently in either languages.
Example: Money, water etc is uncountable. They don't take plural -s. But they can have -ler/lar in Turkish.
I don't know if "countancy" is the correct word here. |
Yep!! that is what I mean - countables and unccountable - the "a" was typo error!! Thanks Elisa too!
And thanks, I see what you mean - not something we say in English that is all.
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23 May 2007 Wed 04:10 pm |
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Quoting caliptrix: to count: saymak
to account: hesabını yapmak/muhasebesini yapmak
They are different I guess... |
They definitely are. You have to be able to count to be an accountant but not vice versa, fortunately 
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23 May 2007 Wed 04:20 pm |
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23 May 2007 Wed 05:07 pm |
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23 May 2007 Wed 05:33 pm |
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There is no such word or words in English as "countable" or "uncountable". We would say "It can be counted or it cannot be counted".
Further to my "silly" error above  , accountable and unaccountable has nothing to do with the profession accountancy.
A person is accountable or unaccountable for their actions.
And countancy, sorry again there is no such word. I have done quite well in confusing you all  Hope I have cleared it all up now..........
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23 May 2007 Wed 05:34 pm |
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