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Difficulty: MediumNouns and Noun Phrases

Complete the sentence below by filling in the blanks with the correct uncountable noun forms.

Answer:The defense counsel requested further 【information】 regarding the witness testimonies, pointing out that several important pieces of 【evidence】 had been left out of the case file.

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The first blank requires 'information' and the second blank requires 'evidence'.
Both 'information' and 'evidence' are uncountable nouns in standard English grammar. They cannot take plural suffixes such as '-s'. To denote plural quantities, partitive expressions (like 'pieces of') are attached while the noun root remains singular in form.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the grammatical countability of the noun required for the first blank.
The word 'information' is an uncountable (mass) noun.
Uncountable nouns in English do not take an inflectional plural suffix '-s' regardless of quantity.
2
Analyze the partitive construction 'pieces of' preceding the second blank.
The noun 'evidence' functions as an uncountable noun in this context, quantified by the partitive phrase 'pieces of'.
Partitive phrases like 'pieces of' are used to express discrete quantities of non-count nouns without pluralizing the noun head itself.

Key Concept

Non-count Nouns and Partitive Quantifiers
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