Monday, January 28, 2013

phrase usage - Which sentence is correct secret/secrets



I'm not English native speaker and debating with a friend that is also not native English speaker.




Which of the following sentence is the correct one?



a) I don't have any secret



b) I don't have any secrets



Is "secret" countable or uncountable noun?


Answer



Only "I don't have any secrets" is correct. Secret is a countable noun.





1 [countable] something that is known about by only a few people and
not told to others




https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/secret_2


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