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☕ 2-Minute Tip: Never say "a good news"

Published 21 days ago • 1 min read

Welcome to your 2-Minute Tip - a short, practical English lesson for your busy day. Learn it in two minutes... use it for years!

Don't say "I heard a good news" - it's incorrect!

In English, "news" is uncountable, so we DON'T use a/an before it.

Instead, say:

✅ I heard some good news.

If you want to talk about one specific item, you can say:

✅ I have a piece of good news - I got the job!

We also use "much," not "many," with uncountable nouns:

❌ I hate reading so many bad news.
✅ I hate reading so much bad news.

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