1. NONCOUNT NOUNS
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2. WHOLE GROUPS MADE UP OF SIMILAR ITEMS:
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3. baggage, clothing, equipment, food, fruit, furniture, garbage, hardware, jewelry, junk, luggage,
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4. machinery, mail, makeup, money / cash / change, postage, scenery, traffic,
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5. FLUIDS: water, coffee, tea, milk, oil, soup, gasoline, blood, etc.
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6. SOLIDS: ice, bread, butter, cheese, meat, gold, iron, silver, glass, paper, wood, cotton, wool, etc.
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7. GASES: steam, air, oxygen, nitrogen, smoke, smog, pollution, etc.
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8. PARTICLES: rice, chalk, corn, dirt, dust, flour, grass, hair, pepper, salt, sand, sugar, wheat, etc.
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9. ABSTRACTIONS:
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10. beauty, confidence, courage, education, enjoyment, fun, happiness, health, help, honesty,
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11. hospitality, importance, intelligence, justice, knowledge, laughter, luck, music, patience,
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12. peace, pride, progress, recreation, significance, sleep, truth, violence, wealth, etc.
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13. advice, information, news, evidence, proof
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14. * time, space, energy
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15. * homework, work
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16. * grammar, slang, vocabulary
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17. LANGUAGES: Arabic, Chinese, English, Spanish, etc.
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18. FIELDS OF STUDY: chemistry, engineering, history, literature, mathematics, psychology, etc.
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19. RECREATION: baseball, soccer, tennis, chess, bridge, poker, etc.
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20. GENERAL ACTIVITIES: driving, studying, swimming, traveling, walking (and other gerunds)
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21. NATURAL PHENOMENA: weather, dew, fog, hail, heat, humidity, lightening, rain, sleet, snow,
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22. thunder, wind, darkness, light, sunshine, electricity, fire, gravity
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