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Old August 10, 2009, 03:24 AM
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Originally Posted by irmamar View Post
That difference between countable and uncountable with "trabajo" I'm not able to see very clearly, but I'll try
Maybe it helps to thnk of the job being more 'concrete' (i.e. the summary of all the tasks that make up the job), and 'work' being more the abstract concept?

You can have two jobs, but you can' t have two works - generally you have 'work' to do.. This can be for one job or for several ones..
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