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Count and Non
Count and Non
A count noun is something we can count. It has a singular form and a plural form. ex: one book, three books; a leg, two legs; an apple, six apples; N.B. A singular count noun must have a Determiner .
A non-count noun is something we dont count. It has no plural form. We use quantifiers before non-count nouns: ex: fruit, some fruit; bread, a slice of bread; homework; a lot of homework; information, a little information
Abstract nouns:
advice art beauty confidence courage health help homework honesty hospitality music news noise nutrition patience
Liquids beer blood coffee cream gasoline honey juice milk oil shampoo soup tea water wine
Gases air carbon monoxide fire fog hydrogen oxygen pollution smoke steam
Solids butter cheese cotton film flour glass ice ice cream meat powder salt soap sugar toothpaste wood wool
Natural phenomena
Ailments
cancer cholera
flu
Academic subjects
Languages
liver fish non-count wine food fruit meat education experience non-count glass (the material)
a liver a fish count (means "a kind of ___") a wine, wines a food, foods a fruit, fruits a meat, meats an education an experience count a glass (something to put liquid in) a paper (a report or newspaper) an iron (for pressing clothes)
a fire (one specific occurrence of fire) a time, times (a specific occurrence or period)
Determiners:
Articles:
Possessives:
Quantifiers:
my our yours
some a few lots of several each every any most many all much no