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By: Jay Jinjuwadia and Ashin Katwala
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Can be expressed in a plural form (-s) Usually things that exist as separate individuals units Examples: Hole/Holes I like that hole. I like those holes.
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Cannot be counted due being wholes that cannot be cut apart, collective, and abstractions Examples: News, Rice This news is very important. I haven’t got much rice.
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Some words in the English language such as wine and light can be use as either countable or uncountable nouns. Wine: I just had a glass of wine. Merlot is one of the few wines used in cooking. Light: There is too much light. There are too many flashing lights.
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A, an, the, this, that The, these, those, no article at all The, this, that, no article at all Singular Plural Noncount
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Much, less, little, a little, very little can only be used as uncountable nouns Words like some, any, most, more, all, a lot of, no, and no one of the can be used with either with plural count or uncountable Many, both, several, few/fewer/fewest, a few, one of the, a couple of can only be used with plural count nouns. Each, every, any, and one can only be used with only count singular
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Countable nouns exist as individual unit Uncountable nouns are usually collective nouns or abstractions Remember, you guys don’t need to be math geniuses to determine whether a noun is countable or uncountable nouns.
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