The word "insect" is typically considered a countable noun because it refers to individual creatures that can be counted, such as ants, bees, or beetles. However, when used in a general sense to refer to all insects collectively, it can be treated as an uncountable noun. In this case, it is similar to how we might refer to "water" or "sand" as uncountable nouns when discussing them as substances rather than individual units.
Transport is both countable and uncountable as a noun.
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The gerund painting is a countable noun, as in "There are 12 paintings in this room."
Transport is both countable and uncountable as a noun.
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The gerund painting is a countable noun, as in "There are 12 paintings in this room."
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The noun 'steel' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for a substance.
he asked me if the word fire wood countable or uncountable?
The noun 'cricket', the insect, is a countable noun: one cricket, two crickets. The noun 'cricket', the game, is an uncountable noun; plurals are expressed in terms of matches; one cricket match, a series of cricket matches.