Plural of feedback
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I'm looking for a way to identify a specific amount of feedback items I'm visualizing in a list.
The construction of the sentence needs to be generic, so I can't use something like Feedback received 14 times. What I'm actually looking for is something in a similar form to Showing 14 received feedbacks. The problem here is that feedback appears to be an uncountable noun, so it would be incorrect to pluralise it into feedbacks. A similar idea would be Showing 14 feedback points, but this compound might not be simple or flexible enough.
Is there a succint way to express feedback in plural?
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I'm looking for a way to identify a specific amount of feedback items I'm visualizing in a list.
The construction of the sentence needs to be generic, so I can't use something like Feedback received 14 times. What I'm actually looking for is something in a similar form to Showing 14 received feedbacks. The problem here is that feedback appears to be an uncountable noun, so it would be incorrect to pluralise it into feedbacks. A similar idea would be Showing 14 feedback points, but this compound might not be simple or flexible enough.
Is there a succint way to express feedback in plural?
grammatical-number compounds uncountable-nouns
asked Jun 9 '14 at 1:20
Gabriele Cirulli
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Showing 14 feedback reports/items.
– Jim
Jun 9 '14 at 1:23
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Fourteen pieces of feedback? Or informally, 'chunks'.
– neubau
Jun 9 '14 at 3:16
[MASS NOUN] oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/feedback See the examples listed too.
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:27
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I'm looking for a way to identify a specific amount of feedback items I'm visualizing in a list.
The construction of the sentence needs to be generic, so I can't use something like Feedback received 14 times. What I'm actually looking for is something in a similar form to Showing 14 received feedbacks. The problem here is that feedback appears to be an uncountable noun, so it would be incorrect to pluralise it into feedbacks. A similar idea would be Showing 14 feedback points, but this compound might not be simple or flexible enough.
Is there a succint way to express feedback in plural?
grammatical-number compounds uncountable-nouns
asked Jun 9 '14 at 1:20
Gabriele Cirulli
176228
I'm looking for a way to identify a specific amount of feedback items I'm visualizing in a list.
The construction of the sentence needs to be generic, so I can't use something like Feedback received 14 times. What I'm actually looking for is something in a similar form to Showing 14 received feedbacks. The problem here is that feedback appears to be an uncountable noun, so it would be incorrect to pluralise it into feedbacks. A similar idea would be Showing 14 feedback points, but this compound might not be simple or flexible enough.
Is there a succint way to express feedback in plural?
grammatical-number compounds uncountable-nouns
grammatical-number compounds uncountable-nouns
asked Jun 9 '14 at 1:20
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asked Jun 9 '14 at 1:20
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asked Jun 9 '14 at 1:20
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Showing 14 feedback reports/items.
– Jim
Jun 9 '14 at 1:23
1
Fourteen pieces of feedback? Or informally, 'chunks'.
– neubau
Jun 9 '14 at 3:16
[MASS NOUN] oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/feedback See the examples listed too.
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:27
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Showing 14 feedback reports/items.
– Jim
Jun 9 '14 at 1:23
1
Fourteen pieces of feedback? Or informally, 'chunks'.
– neubau
Jun 9 '14 at 3:16
[MASS NOUN] oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/feedback See the examples listed too.
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:27
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Showing 14 feedback reports/items.
– Jim
Jun 9 '14 at 1:23
Showing 14 feedback reports/items.
– Jim
Jun 9 '14 at 1:23
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1
Fourteen pieces of feedback? Or informally, 'chunks'.
– neubau
Jun 9 '14 at 3:16
Fourteen pieces of feedback? Or informally, 'chunks'.
– neubau
Jun 9 '14 at 3:16
[MASS NOUN] oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/feedback See the examples listed too.
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:27
[MASS NOUN] oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/feedback See the examples listed too.
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:27
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Feedback, as you acknowledge, is not a countable noun. Therefore, to indicate plurality it is necessary to attach it to something that does have a plural form.
- Feedback from 14 sources (or respondents, participants, etc.
- Fourteen feedback messages
- Fourteen instances of feedback
I do see some indications online (blogposts and the like) that feedback may be considered by some to be a countable noun now and that a plural form, feedbacks, may be used. However, it seems awkward to my eye and ear--no doubt due to unfamiliarity.
answered Jun 9 '14 at 1:41
GMB
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I think the term originally given -- feedback items -- is the appropriate venereal term.
– John Lawler
Jun 9 '14 at 3:54
You do not seem to have consulted a dictionary to resolve the "unfamiliarity."
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:28
I've never seen a noun move from being 'not a countable noun' to 'may be considered by some to be a countable noun' so quickly. How does a self-contradictory answer get even a single upvote? This answer at english forums seems more accurate if equally unattested. Wiktionary says that the French, having borrowed the word, use the plural count noun.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jun 9 '14 at 6:42
@ Edwin Ashworth. I did come across the answer you cite at english forums, and, although it reports on some apparent usage of feedbacks, I did not find it persuasive. Nevertheless, I should have cited it under the guise of "showing my work" (such as it was). Is my answer self-contradictory? Yes. Isn't language?
– GMB
Jun 9 '14 at 11:13
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@EdwinAshworth -- This feedback is a bit late, but feedbacks is widely used in the technical literature when multiple feedback mechanisms are present at once. For example, see nature.com/nature/journal/v408/n6809/full/408184a0.html , onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1969.tb01462.x/… , sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167691193900333 .
– David Hammen
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Feedback, as you acknowledge, is not a countable noun. Therefore, to indicate plurality it is necessary to attach it to something that does have a plural form.
- Feedback from 14 sources (or respondents, participants, etc.
- Fourteen feedback messages
- Fourteen instances of feedback
I do see some indications online (blogposts and the like) that feedback may be considered by some to be a countable noun now and that a plural form, feedbacks, may be used. However, it seems awkward to my eye and ear--no doubt due to unfamiliarity.
answered Jun 9 '14 at 1:41
GMB
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I think the term originally given -- feedback items -- is the appropriate venereal term.
– John Lawler
Jun 9 '14 at 3:54
You do not seem to have consulted a dictionary to resolve the "unfamiliarity."
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:28
I've never seen a noun move from being 'not a countable noun' to 'may be considered by some to be a countable noun' so quickly. How does a self-contradictory answer get even a single upvote? This answer at english forums seems more accurate if equally unattested. Wiktionary says that the French, having borrowed the word, use the plural count noun.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jun 9 '14 at 6:42
@ Edwin Ashworth. I did come across the answer you cite at english forums, and, although it reports on some apparent usage of feedbacks, I did not find it persuasive. Nevertheless, I should have cited it under the guise of "showing my work" (such as it was). Is my answer self-contradictory? Yes. Isn't language?
– GMB
Jun 9 '14 at 11:13
1
@EdwinAshworth -- This feedback is a bit late, but feedbacks is widely used in the technical literature when multiple feedback mechanisms are present at once. For example, see nature.com/nature/journal/v408/n6809/full/408184a0.html , onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1969.tb01462.x/… , sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167691193900333 .
– David Hammen
Jul 7 '16 at 19:39
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up vote
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Feedback, as you acknowledge, is not a countable noun. Therefore, to indicate plurality it is necessary to attach it to something that does have a plural form.
- Feedback from 14 sources (or respondents, participants, etc.
- Fourteen feedback messages
- Fourteen instances of feedback
I do see some indications online (blogposts and the like) that feedback may be considered by some to be a countable noun now and that a plural form, feedbacks, may be used. However, it seems awkward to my eye and ear--no doubt due to unfamiliarity.
answered Jun 9 '14 at 1:41
GMB
5,0751034
2
I think the term originally given -- feedback items -- is the appropriate venereal term.
– John Lawler
Jun 9 '14 at 3:54
You do not seem to have consulted a dictionary to resolve the "unfamiliarity."
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:28
I've never seen a noun move from being 'not a countable noun' to 'may be considered by some to be a countable noun' so quickly. How does a self-contradictory answer get even a single upvote? This answer at english forums seems more accurate if equally unattested. Wiktionary says that the French, having borrowed the word, use the plural count noun.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jun 9 '14 at 6:42
@ Edwin Ashworth. I did come across the answer you cite at english forums, and, although it reports on some apparent usage of feedbacks, I did not find it persuasive. Nevertheless, I should have cited it under the guise of "showing my work" (such as it was). Is my answer self-contradictory? Yes. Isn't language?
– GMB
Jun 9 '14 at 11:13
1
@EdwinAshworth -- This feedback is a bit late, but feedbacks is widely used in the technical literature when multiple feedback mechanisms are present at once. For example, see nature.com/nature/journal/v408/n6809/full/408184a0.html , onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1969.tb01462.x/… , sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167691193900333 .
– David Hammen
Jul 7 '16 at 19:39
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up vote
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up vote
6
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Feedback, as you acknowledge, is not a countable noun. Therefore, to indicate plurality it is necessary to attach it to something that does have a plural form.
- Feedback from 14 sources (or respondents, participants, etc.
- Fourteen feedback messages
- Fourteen instances of feedback
I do see some indications online (blogposts and the like) that feedback may be considered by some to be a countable noun now and that a plural form, feedbacks, may be used. However, it seems awkward to my eye and ear--no doubt due to unfamiliarity.
answered Jun 9 '14 at 1:41
GMB
5,0751034
Feedback, as you acknowledge, is not a countable noun. Therefore, to indicate plurality it is necessary to attach it to something that does have a plural form.
- Feedback from 14 sources (or respondents, participants, etc.
- Fourteen feedback messages
- Fourteen instances of feedback
I do see some indications online (blogposts and the like) that feedback may be considered by some to be a countable noun now and that a plural form, feedbacks, may be used. However, it seems awkward to my eye and ear--no doubt due to unfamiliarity.
answered Jun 9 '14 at 1:41
GMB
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answered Jun 9 '14 at 1:41
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I think the term originally given -- feedback items -- is the appropriate venereal term.
– John Lawler
Jun 9 '14 at 3:54
You do not seem to have consulted a dictionary to resolve the "unfamiliarity."
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:28
I've never seen a noun move from being 'not a countable noun' to 'may be considered by some to be a countable noun' so quickly. How does a self-contradictory answer get even a single upvote? This answer at english forums seems more accurate if equally unattested. Wiktionary says that the French, having borrowed the word, use the plural count noun.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jun 9 '14 at 6:42
@ Edwin Ashworth. I did come across the answer you cite at english forums, and, although it reports on some apparent usage of feedbacks, I did not find it persuasive. Nevertheless, I should have cited it under the guise of "showing my work" (such as it was). Is my answer self-contradictory? Yes. Isn't language?
– GMB
Jun 9 '14 at 11:13
1
@EdwinAshworth -- This feedback is a bit late, but feedbacks is widely used in the technical literature when multiple feedback mechanisms are present at once. For example, see nature.com/nature/journal/v408/n6809/full/408184a0.html , onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1969.tb01462.x/… , sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167691193900333 .
– David Hammen
Jul 7 '16 at 19:39
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2
I think the term originally given -- feedback items -- is the appropriate venereal term.
– John Lawler
Jun 9 '14 at 3:54
You do not seem to have consulted a dictionary to resolve the "unfamiliarity."
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:28
I've never seen a noun move from being 'not a countable noun' to 'may be considered by some to be a countable noun' so quickly. How does a self-contradictory answer get even a single upvote? This answer at english forums seems more accurate if equally unattested. Wiktionary says that the French, having borrowed the word, use the plural count noun.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jun 9 '14 at 6:42
@ Edwin Ashworth. I did come across the answer you cite at english forums, and, although it reports on some apparent usage of feedbacks, I did not find it persuasive. Nevertheless, I should have cited it under the guise of "showing my work" (such as it was). Is my answer self-contradictory? Yes. Isn't language?
– GMB
Jun 9 '14 at 11:13
1
@EdwinAshworth -- This feedback is a bit late, but feedbacks is widely used in the technical literature when multiple feedback mechanisms are present at once. For example, see nature.com/nature/journal/v408/n6809/full/408184a0.html , onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1969.tb01462.x/… , sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167691193900333 .
– David Hammen
Jul 7 '16 at 19:39
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I think the term originally given -- feedback items -- is the appropriate venereal term.
– John Lawler
Jun 9 '14 at 3:54
I think the term originally given -- feedback items -- is the appropriate venereal term.
– John Lawler
Jun 9 '14 at 3:54
You do not seem to have consulted a dictionary to resolve the "unfamiliarity."
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:28
You do not seem to have consulted a dictionary to resolve the "unfamiliarity."
– Kris
Jun 9 '14 at 5:28
I've never seen a noun move from being 'not a countable noun' to 'may be considered by some to be a countable noun' so quickly. How does a self-contradictory answer get even a single upvote? This answer at english forums seems more accurate if equally unattested. Wiktionary says that the French, having borrowed the word, use the plural count noun.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jun 9 '14 at 6:42
I've never seen a noun move from being 'not a countable noun' to 'may be considered by some to be a countable noun' so quickly. How does a self-contradictory answer get even a single upvote? This answer at english forums seems more accurate if equally unattested. Wiktionary says that the French, having borrowed the word, use the plural count noun.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jun 9 '14 at 6:42
@ Edwin Ashworth. I did come across the answer you cite at english forums, and, although it reports on some apparent usage of feedbacks, I did not find it persuasive. Nevertheless, I should have cited it under the guise of "showing my work" (such as it was). Is my answer self-contradictory? Yes. Isn't language?
– GMB
Jun 9 '14 at 11:13
@ Edwin Ashworth. I did come across the answer you cite at english forums, and, although it reports on some apparent usage of feedbacks, I did not find it persuasive. Nevertheless, I should have cited it under the guise of "showing my work" (such as it was). Is my answer self-contradictory? Yes. Isn't language?
– GMB
Jun 9 '14 at 11:13
1
1
@EdwinAshworth -- This feedback is a bit late, but feedbacks is widely used in the technical literature when multiple feedback mechanisms are present at once. For example, see nature.com/nature/journal/v408/n6809/full/408184a0.html , onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1969.tb01462.x/… , sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167691193900333 .
– David Hammen
Jul 7 '16 at 19:39
@EdwinAshworth -- This feedback is a bit late, but feedbacks is widely used in the technical literature when multiple feedback mechanisms are present at once. For example, see nature.com/nature/journal/v408/n6809/full/408184a0.html , onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1969.tb01462.x/… , sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167691193900333 .
– David Hammen
Jul 7 '16 at 19:39
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Showing 14 feedback reports/items.
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Fourteen pieces of feedback? Or informally, 'chunks'.
– neubau
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[MASS NOUN] oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/feedback See the examples listed too.
– Kris
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