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Originally Posted by irmamar
OK, thanks everybody. 
I think I'll have to study the examples in wordreference 
That difference between countable and uncountable with "trabajo" I'm not able to see very clearly, but I'll try 
Bob, I edited the post, but I couldn't change the tittle, anyway somebody has corrected it (thanks again) |
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Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS
MUy fácil:
JOb is countable y work is uncountable and then you have some collocations
to be at work, to be out of work, to start work, to finish work etc...
But always a job and some work.
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As Robin points out work is not countable. I think this means that work does not usually have a
plural, and is an abstract concept.
Work can be a noun or a verb,
so you
can say
I work at a job and I have a job of work
but it is
wrong to say I job at a work and I have a work of job..
