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Countable nouns are
for things we can count |
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Examples:
dog, horse, man, shop, idea. |
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They usually have a singular and plural form. |
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Examples:
two dogs, ten horses, a man, six men, the shops, a few ideas. |
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Uncountable nouns are for the
things that we cannot count |
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Examples:
tea, sugar, water, air, rice. |
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They are often the names for abstract ideas or qualities. |
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Examples:
knowledge, beauty, anger, fear, love. |
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They are used with a singular verb. They usually do not have a
plural form. |
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We cannot say
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sugars, angers, knowledges. |
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Examples of common uncountable nouns |
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We cannot use a/an with these nouns |
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| money, furniture,
happiness, sadness, research, evidence, safety, beauty, knowledge |
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To express a quantity of one of these nouns, use a word or
expression like |
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some, a lot of, a piece of, a bit of, a great deal of... |
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Examples |
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a lot of
research into the causes
of this disease. |
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gave me a
great deal of
advice
before my interview. |
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They've got
a lot of
furniture. |
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