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The noun 'oxygen' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for something that is indivisible into countable units.

Units of uncountable nouns are expressed by adjectives or a partitive noun (also called a noun counter).

The noun 'oxygen' takes a verb for singular unless quantified in the plural; for example:

  • The oxygen was burned off in the experiment.
  • Some oxygen was burned off. (expressed by the adjective 'some')
  • A tank of oxygen was burned off. (expressed by the singular partitive noun 'tank')
  • Both tanks of oxygen were burned off. (expressed by the plural partitive noun 'tanks')
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