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No, not all abstract nouns are uncountable. Some examples of countable abstract nouns are:an agreement; a number of agreementsan idea; a lot of ideasa lie; too many liesmy life; the lives of othersan opinion; a lot of opinionsa question; a few questionsThe most common abstract nouns that are uncountable are nouns for concepts and gerunds (verbal nouns). Some examples are:educationinformationknowledgeplayingrunningskating
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Oil is not countable. Uncountable nouns are normally only singular, and we cannot use a/an with them. (NOT a oil, you say a barrel of oil, NOT two oils)
The noun 'apple' is a countable noun, a word that has a singular and a plural form. The plural noun is 'apples'.A countable noun is a noun for people or things that can be counted; having singular and plural forms.An uncountable noun (also called a mass noun) is noun for a substance or concept that is indivisible into countable units.The noun 'apple' is a countable noun.The noun 'applesauce' is an uncountable noun, a word for a substance.Units of uncountable nouns are expressed by nouns for amounts, measures, or things called partitive nouns; for example, a jar of applesauce, a bowl of applesauce, a cupof applesauce, etc.
The noun 'photos' is a countable noun.A countable noun is a noun that has a singular and a plural form.The noun 'photos' is the plural form of the singular noun 'photo':one phototwo photosa lot of photosAn uncountable noun (also called a mass noun) is a word for a thing or idea that can't be divided into separate elements; they can't be counted. Examples of uncountable nouns are:waterhonestyaluminum
list of countable and uncontable nouns?
The countable nouns are nouns with a singularand a plural form.The uncountable nouns are also called mass nouns.
Countable in math may not mean the same thing as countable in English. Do you remember the Partridge-in-a-Pear-Tree song? The nouns following the numbers are mathematically countable.
If you are referring to countable nouns, those are nouns that have a plural. Book, girl, school, horse... these all can be counted. Five books. Twenty girls. Three schools. Two horses. But some nouns have no plural. They are called non-countable (or non-count) nouns. "Information" and "research" are two examples.
No, not all abstract nouns are uncountable. Some examples of countable abstract nouns are:an agreement; a number of agreementsan idea; a lot of ideasa lie; too many liesmy life; the lives of othersan opinion; a lot of opinionsa question; a few questionsThe most common abstract nouns that are uncountable are nouns for concepts and gerunds (verbal nouns). Some examples are:educationinformationknowledgeplayingrunningskating
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You would say "those shops" in English."That" and "those" are both demonstratives.Demonstratives can be either singular or plural."That" is used with uncountable nouns or singular countable nouns."Those" is used with plural countable nouns."Shops" is a plural countable noun.
An is the form of a you use when the word after it starts with a vowel.a car, an apple.An and a are used with singular countable nouns: a girl, an armadilloWe don't put an or a in front of plural or countable nouns because a/an means 'one'.a girls, a milk
Oil is not countable. Uncountable nouns are normally only singular, and we cannot use a/an with them. (NOT a oil, you say a barrel of oil, NOT two oils)
A mass noun (or uncountable noun) is word for something that is indivisible into countable units. Some examples are:Sarah got an A in arithmetic.Max was honored for his bravery.Camping is a lot of fun.They gave us a comforter filled with down.I'm saving for my college education.We had a lot of fun at the beach.
Examples of nouns are:anarchyanimositybeautybraverycommunismconceptcuriositydemocracydisciplineemotionfeelingfreedomfriendlinessfriendshipfungoalHappinessHatehonestyhonor
This expression has nothing to do with baking or cakes. It's a question of grammer.To talk about soap as a countable noun we have to refer to it as "a cake of soap" It really means just a "piece" of soap.Other examples wher we make uncountable nouns into countable nouns:a cake of soapa slice of breada bar of chocolate