Any complete list or table for this issue?
I find that we'll sometimes say two boxes
but we'll say a piece of rubbish, rather than a rubbish
I'd like to learn more about these nouns and their corresponding terms e.g. a piece of
Is there any such list or table?
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kenny1999 I'd like to learn more about these nouns You are talking about the difference between countable nouns ( box ) and uncountable nouns ( rubbish ). Some dictionaries note the type in their definitions of words, but you can figure out many of them just by thinking about them logically. There is no list because it would extend to thousands of nouns, and nobody would ever bother to try to memorize such a list because it would not actually be very useful.
- kenny1999 I'd like to learn more about these nouns You are talking about the difference between countable nouns ( box ) and uncountable nouns ( rubbish ).
- Some dictionaries note the type in their definitions of words, but you can figure out many of them just by thinking about them logically.
- There is no list because it would extend to thousands of nouns, and nobody would ever bother to try to memorize such a list because it would not actually be very useful.
- Some uncountable nouns that create problems for learners are (besides rubbish ) equipment, information, advice, and furniture .
- That means there are no plurals for these words.
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kenny1999I'd like to learn more about these nouns
You are talking about the difference between countable nouns (box) and uncountable nouns (rubbish). Some dictionaries note the type in their definitions of words, but you can figure out many of them just by thinking about them logically.
There is no list because it would extend to thousa
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