NOUNS CAN BE COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE. COUNTABLE TAKE A \AN BEFORE THEM OR BE USED IN THE PLURAL .UNCOUNTABLE ARE NOT USED WITH A \AN OR IN THE PLURAL.
* WE HAVE GOT THREE CHILDREN , TWO CATS, AND A DOG.
*It was good to get out into the countryside and breathe in fresh air
In these two sentences nouns are; children ,cats,dog , countryside ,air.
Some nouns in English are normally uncountable ;but in other languages are countable.
1 there is always lots of housework to do.
2 Her jewellery must have cost a fortune.
3Nouns like ; accommodation, advice,applause,assistance, baggage, camping, cash chaos ,chess ,clothing ,conduct,courage ,cutlery ,dancing ,dirt ,employment ,equipment ,evidence ,fun ,furniture ,harm ,health ,homework ,housing, information ,leisure ,litter ,luck ,luggage ,machinery ,money ,mud ,music ,news ,nonsense ,parking ,pay ,permission ,photography ,poetry ,pollution produce ,progress ,publicity. research ,rubbish ,safety ,scenery ,shopping ,sighting sunshine ,transport ,underwear ,violence ,weather ,work .
A noun sometimes is used uncountably when we are talking about the whole substance or idea , but countably when we are talking about recognized containers for things . See examples ;I prefer tea to coffee and serve three teas (= cups of tea ), please.
*A type , brand or make of things.
1 There is cheese in the fridge . 2 There were dozens of cheeses (= kinds of cheese ) to choose from .
*A particular example of a physical or concrete thing , for example ; 1 She has blonde hair .2 There is a hair in my soup .!
*A particular instance of a substance or an idea . For example , 1The statue was made of stone. and I had a stone in my shoe . She was always good at sport .and Football is mainly a winter sport in Britain.
* There are many nouns like -beer,
* WE HAVE GOT THREE CHILDREN , TWO CATS, AND A DOG.
*It was good to get out into the countryside and breathe in fresh air
In these two sentences nouns are; children ,cats,dog , countryside ,air.
Some nouns in English are normally uncountable ;but in other languages are countable.
1 there is always lots of housework to do.
2 Her jewellery must have cost a fortune.
3Nouns like ; accommodation, advice,applause,assistance, baggage, camping, cash chaos ,chess ,clothing ,conduct,courage ,cutlery ,dancing ,dirt ,employment ,equipment ,evidence ,fun ,furniture ,harm ,health ,homework ,housing, information ,leisure ,litter ,luck ,luggage ,machinery ,money ,mud ,music ,news ,nonsense ,parking ,pay ,permission ,photography ,poetry ,pollution produce ,progress ,publicity. research ,rubbish ,safety ,scenery ,shopping ,sighting sunshine ,transport ,underwear ,violence ,weather ,work .
A noun sometimes is used uncountably when we are talking about the whole substance or idea , but countably when we are talking about recognized containers for things . See examples ;I prefer tea to coffee and serve three teas (= cups of tea ), please.
*A type , brand or make of things.
1 There is cheese in the fridge . 2 There were dozens of cheeses (= kinds of cheese ) to choose from .
*A particular example of a physical or concrete thing , for example ; 1 She has blonde hair .2 There is a hair in my soup .!
*A particular instance of a substance or an idea . For example , 1The statue was made of stone. and I had a stone in my shoe . She was always good at sport .and Football is mainly a winter sport in Britain.
* There are many nouns like -beer,
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