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Hi, Gleb Hlebov!
I read your message from 19.12.2024 16:56

 GH>>> Okay, things don't just disappear into thin air.
 GH>>> I prefer to stand on solid ground.
 AK>> Poor examples IMHO.
 GH>
 GH> Could be. But you get the idea, don't you?
 GH>
 AK>> Just look in the Longman dictionary - it says bluntly -
 AK>> wall is a countable noun.
 GH>
 GH> Here we go again. "Pie" or "Cake" are countable nouns as well,
 GH> but we're also free to say
 GH>
 GH> "I want Cherry Pie", or,
 GH> "For Gods' sake, how can you not love Cake?"

Well, let's treat "wall" as "cake". Although, if we again look into Longman
dictionary we'll see that it says bluntly that
pie /paɪ/ noun [uncountable and countable]  ;)

The Great Chinese wall is "wall" or "a wall" if I approach to it?

Bye, Gleb!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024

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