Money - countable or uncountable noun

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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Is money considered a countable noun since we do count our money in daily life? Why is it then we say "so much money" rather than "so many money"? Thanks for the explanation12br
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10'Money' is an uncountable noun. This is because we cannot say, "1 money, 2 money

0 I really don't understand the logic in countable and uncountable difference.Hormones are countable but why is money uncountable ?:D 0-

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01cite10Doll12cite10I really don't understand the logic in countable and uncountable difference.Hormones are countable but why is money uncountable ?:D12blockquote

10We can say "A hormone ... ". Therefore, hormone is an uncountable noun.02br
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00We cannot say, "A money." Neither can we say, "A

0We can say "A hormone ... ". Therefore, hormone is an uncountable noun. 02br
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00 I think you tried to say countable noun.0-

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00Countable nouns are associated with the notion of 'completeness'. A living chicken is a 01b00unity 02b00because it is complete (normally) we can distinguish one chicken from another one, so we can count it, we can say a chicken or one chicken. But what happens when we refer to the food, the flesh? In that case chicken becomes 'matter', 'substance

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01cite10Doll12cite10We can say "A hormone ... ". Therefore, hormone is an uncountable noun. 12br
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10 I think you tried to say countable noun.12br
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10You're right. It should be 'countable noun'. Thanks.0-

Wow Wolfrolf, that was an extremely helpful post. Your unity explanation was the only answer here that wasn't begging the question. Money isn't uncountable because we say "a lot of money." We say "a lot of money" because money is uncountable, and it's uncountable because we count currencies, not an abstract place holder. I have to teach a lesson on countable and uncountable nouns today, and I fee

Hey,, money can sometimes be countable too...it's when we refer to "sum of money" esp. one that has a special origin like:"State education monies".

AnonymousHey,, money can sometimes be countable too...it's when we refer to "sum of money" esp. one that has a special origin like:"State education monies".

No. "Monies" is not a countable noun. "Monies' is the plural of 'money'.

"Money" is an uncountable noun because of the rule that "we do not use a/an with uncountable nouns"

Eg. we do not say:

an oxygen

a sand

a gravel

similarly, we dont say "a money"

we count money in dollars, rupees, euros etc.. all these are countable nouns..

but money is