Re: 'together vs. to gather'

E fésto Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>:
>> (Are there any
>> English verbs that can't take both count and
>> mass nouns as subjects?)
>
> Rain? Snow? While I guess you could
> (nonsensically) say "the dog rained", the subject
> of these weather verbs is never stated. I guess
> it's neither mass nor count, cos we never say
> what "it" actually is. Not quite what you're
> after...
A dog may not be fluid enough to rain, but other things are, such as fire
(mass) and bullets (count), usually with 'down' though.



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