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JimmyH Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Countable/uncountable nouns
What's an uncountable and countable noun and their usage?
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A countable noun or count noun is one which represents an individual item, such as "book" or "table". Count nouns can be used in the singular or the plural - "one book", "many books". An uncountable noun or mass noun is one which represents something that doesn't divide nicely into individual items, such as "sand", "oxygen" or "happiness".
- A countable noun or count noun is one which represents an individual item, such as "book" or "table".
- Count nouns can be used in the singular or the plural - "one book", "many books".
- An uncountable noun or mass noun is one which represents something that doesn't divide nicely into individual items, such as "sand", "oxygen" or "happiness".
- Mass nouns can only be used in the singular - it doesn't make sense to speak of "many sands" or "many oxygens".
- Also, they can't be used with "a" or "an" - there is no such thing as "a sand" or "an oxygen".
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A countable noun or count noun is one which represents an individual item, such as "book" or "table". Count nouns can be used in the singular or the plural - "one book", "many books".
An uncountable noun or mass noun is one which represents something that doesn't divide nicely into individual items, such as "sand", "oxygen" or "happiness". Mass nouns can on
An uncountable noun or mass noun is one which represents something that doesn't divide nicely into individual items, such as "sand", "oxygen" or "happiness". Mass nouns can on
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