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Expressing Quantity with Count and Non-count Nouns Posted by Gabriele on Mar 6, 2012
In my last two previous posts I gave an introduction into the difference between count and non-count nouns and discussed some exceptions to the rules regarding these types of nouns. Today I am going to review what adjectives to use to express quantity based on whether a noun is count or non-count. Like articles (the…
Count and Non-Count Nouns: The Exception to the -s Posted by Gabriele on Mar 5, 2012
Yesterday, I began a discussion and presented an overview of count versus non-count nouns. Today I’m going to tell you about some exceptions to the rules I presented yesterday. There are almost always exceptions to the rules! Certain nouns in English can be both count and non-count nouns and when they are, they have both…
Count and Non-count Nouns Posted by Gabriele on Mar 4, 2012
Nouns in English can be classified or grouped together in many different ways: people, places or things, proper or common nouns, count or non-count nouns, etc. For my next three posts I am going to focus on the differences between count and non-count nouns (“non-count” or “noncount” nouns are also sometimes called “mass” nouns). Knowing…