The identification of uncountable nouns, also known as non-count or mass nouns, can be very complicated. A couple of general rules that often help are these:
I can have three apples, but I cannot have three tennises.
I have a headache; I do not and cannot have a tennis.
No, Tennis is a game and cannot be counted. However, a tennis match is countable.
The noun 'tennis' is an uncountable noun; an aggregate noun, a word representing an indefinite number of elements that make up the game.
The noun 'steel' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for a substance.
Transport is both countable and uncountable as a noun.
Yes, the noun 'hydrogen' is an uncountable noun, a word for a substance.
The word 'violence' is an uncountable noun.
The noun 'tennis' is an uncountable noun; an aggregate noun, a word representing an indefinite number of elements that make up the game.
The noun 'steel' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for a substance.
Transport is both countable and uncountable as a noun.
The noun 'daytime' is an uncountable noun.
Yes, the noun 'hydrogen' is an uncountable noun, a word for a substance.
The word 'violence' is an uncountable noun.
The noun 'steel' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for a substance.
The noun 'health' is an uncountable noun, a word for a condition.
The noun 'music' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a type of aggregate noun, a word representing an indefinite number of elements or parts.
Yes, the noun 'mumps' is a plural, uncountable noun, a word for an infectious disease.
Proper nouns can be countable or uncountable, depending on the noun. If a noun is uncountable as a common noun, it is uncountable as a proper noun; for example:tea is an uncountable noun: a cup of tea or Lipton Teacourage is an uncountable noun: she has a lot of courage or 'The Red Badge of Courage'sunshine is an uncountable noun: a ray of sunshine or Sunshine VIC, AustraliaIf a noun is countable as a common noun, it is countable as a proper noun; for example:one apple, two apples or Mott's Apple Juiceone boy, two boys or Boy's Life magazineone statue, two statues or The Statue of Liberty
Yes, the word "persistence" is an uncountable noun, as it refers to a quality or state that cannot be easily quantified or separated into individual units.