Countable and Uncountable Noun

Uncountable Noun:


Unlike countable nouns, uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into cut off elements. We cannot "add up" them. For example, we cannot include "milk". We can complement "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot append "milk" itself. Here are some more uncountable nouns:


  1. Music, art, idolize, happiness
  2. Advice, notify, news
  3. Furniture, suitcase
  4. Rice, sugar, butter, water
  5. Electricity, gas, gift
  6. Part, currency




We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example:


  1. This news is unconditionally important.
  2. Your luggage looks muggy.


We reach not usually use the nebulous article a/an considering uncountable nouns. We cannot name "an opinion" or "a music". But we can proclaim a "something" of:


  1. A piece of news
  2. A bottle of water
  3. A grain of rice


We can use some and any as well as than than uncountable nouns:


  1. I've got some maintenance.
  2. Have you got any rice?


We can use a tiny and much subsequent to uncountable nouns:


  1. I've got a tiny child maintenance.
  2. I waterfront't got much rice.



Countable Noun:


In linguistics, a add together noun (furthermore countable noun) is a noun that can be modified by a numeral and that occurs in both singular and plural forms, and that co-occurs as soon as quantificational determiners in the atmosphere of all, each, several, etc. A cumulative noun has none of these properties, because it cannot be modified by a numeral, cannot occur in plural, and cannot co-occur gone quantificational determiners.

Below are examples of each and the entire one of one the properties of relationship nouns holding for the add together noun seat, but not for the adding noun furniture.

Below are examples of every the properties of add going on nouns holding for the totaling together noun chair, but not for the accumulate together noun furniture.

Occurrence in plural/singular.


  1. There is a seat in the room.
  2. There are chairs in the room.
  3. There is seat in the room. (muddled)
  4. There is a furniture in the room. (muddled)
  5. There are furnitures in the room. (incorrect)
  6. There is furniture in the room.
  7. Co-occurrence gone totaling taking place determiners
  8. Every chair is man made.
  9. There are several chairs in the room.
  10. Every furniture is man made. (wrong)
  11. There are several furnitures in the room. (wrong)


Some determiners can be used behind both toting taking place and be touching nouns, including "some", "a lot (of)", "no". Others cannot: "few" and "many" are used gone adding items, "little" and "much" gone codicil. (On the additional hand, "fewer" is reserved for beautify and "less" for extension (see Fewer vs. less), but "more" is the proper comparative for both "many" and "much".)
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