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I am not sure if we need to use the word of detail in plural or singular form. In this context: We have added some detail to explain this. Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. detailvs.details Threadstarter Phi Startdate Apr18,2014 P Phi SeniorMember USA Arabic Iamnotsureifweneedtousethewordofdetailinpluralorsingularform.Inthiscontext: Wehaveaddedsomedetailtoexplainthis. WeaddedsomedetailStoexplainthis. Ipersonallythinkthe"details"iscorrectbecauseofthewordofsomebeforethat.Isitcorrect?   Florentia52 Modwomanintheattic Wisconsin English-UnitedStates Itdependsonthecontext.Towhatareyouaddingthedetailordetails?   Myridon SeniorMember Texas English-US "Some"hasseveralmeanings. Inthefirstsentence(fromtheWordReferencedictionary): 1(a)certainunknownorunspecified:somelunaticdroveintomycar,somepeopleneverlearn Inthesecondsentence: 3anunknownorunspecifiedquantityoramountof:there'ssomericeonthetable,heownssomehorses   P Phi SeniorMember USA Arabic ItisapaperthatIhavewritten.TheyaskedmetoexplainsomethingandIhaveaddedasentencetoexplain.InresponseIamnotsurewhetherIneedtocallit"detail"ordetails"thathas/havebeenadded.Couldyoupleasehelp?   P Parla MemberEmeritus NewYorkCity English-US Ifit'sjustonesentence,it'sprobablydetail—butI'mguessing.Perhapsyoucantelluswhatthesentenceis.   bicontinental SeniorMember U.S.A. English(US),Danish,bilingual Phisaid: ItisapaperthatIhavewritten.TheyaskedmetoexplainsomethingandIhaveaddedasentencetoexplain.InresponseIamnotsurewhetherIneedtocallit"detail"ordetails"thathas/havebeenadded.Couldyoupleasehelp? Clicktoexpand... Somedetailinyourfirstsentenceexampleisuncountable.Details,pluralinyoursecondsentenceiscountable.Ifyouwanttosaythatyouaddedmoredetailedinformation(‘ingeneral’),theuncountableformisthebetterchoice,butifyougaveadditionaldetails(maybeintheformofspecificexamples),youshouldgowithyoursecondoption. Bic.   taraa SeniorMember Persian Whyis"detail"in#1singularbutin#2plural? 1."Wewillcomebacktomanyoftheseimportanttopicsinlaterchaptersinmoredetail." 2."Instead,apieceofsoftware,calledadiskdriver,dealswiththehardwareandprovidesaninterfacetoreadandwritediskblocks,withoutgettingintothedetails." ModernOperatingSystems,Tanenbaum   sdgraham SeniorMember Oregon,USA USAEnglish BecauseNo.1isanadverbandNo.2isanoun.   taraa SeniorMember Persian sdgrahamsaid: BecauseNo.1isanadverbandNo.2isanoun. Clicktoexpand... Can'titbe"moredetails"?   sdgraham SeniorMember Oregon,USA USAEnglish taraasaid: Can'titbe"moredetails"? Clicktoexpand... No. WordReferenceRandomHouseUnabridgedDictionaryofAmericanEnglish©2019 de•tail(ditāl′,dē′tāl;ditāl′),n. Idiomsindetail,itembyitem; withparticulars:Therésuméstatedhisqualificationsindetail.   taraa SeniorMember Persian sdgrahamsaid: No. WordReferenceRandomHouseUnabridgedDictionaryofAmericanEnglish©2019 de•tail(ditāl′,dē′tāl;ditāl′),n. Idiomsindetail,itembyitem; withparticulars:Therésuméstatedhisqualificationsindetail. Clicktoexpand... Thankyousomuch!   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top