Parts Of Speech: Noun Types( A general overview of Nouns)

5.Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns

In English, one feature that modifies nouns is that they can be either countable or uncountable.

A.countable nouns:

 Countable nouns (or count nouns) are those that refer to something that can be counted. e.g. dog, pen…)

I have three pens, but my brother has only one blue pen.

 B.uncountable nouns :

Uncountable nouns (or mass nouns) do not typically refer to things that can be counted; therefore, they do not regularly have a plural form.

• music, art, love, happiness.
• advice, information, news.
• furniture, luggage.
• rice, sugar, butter, water.
• electricity, gas, power.
• money, currency.

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