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Aikuzo3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

All nouns that doesn't have a plural for are "noncount nouns"?

If a noun doesn't have a plural form - should I assume 100% that it is noncount noun? Or, are there any exceptions?
  

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Aikuzo3 If a noun doesn't have a plural form Hello, Aikuzo—and welcome to English Forums. What do you mean, precisely? Would you consider 'sheep' for instance as without a plural form?

  • Aikuzo3 If a noun doesn't have a plural form Hello, Aikuzo—and welcome to English Forums.
  • What do you mean, precisely?
  • Would you consider 'sheep' for instance as without a plural form?
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Aikuzo3If a noun doesn't have a plural form
Hello, Aikuzo—and welcome to English Forums.

What do you mean, precisely? Would you consider 'sheep' for instance as without a plural form?
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Hey Mr. Micawber sir!

Oh, I was reading an article and it says:

"Some nouns, however, have only a singular form; you cannot add a number to the front or an s to the end of these words. This group of nouns is called noncount."

I just want to know if there's an exception to this rule. I recently learned about using "a/an" before count nouns and whenever I enc
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Well. as I suggested, a number of countable nouns have no distinct plural form (i.e., the plural form is the same as the singular form): deer, sheep, trout, etc.

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