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Examples of words that can be both count and non-count nouns:
accommodation: an uncountable noun as a word for a change in behavior or attitude that helps people work together or end a disagreement; the automatic adjustment of the eye for seeing at different distances.
accommodations: a word for lodging and meals or traveling space and related services.
future: an uncountable noun as a word for the time that follows the present time; events that have not yet taken place.
futures: a countable noun as a word for contracts to buy or sell shares, goods, or currency at an agreed price to be delivered at a time in the future.
water: an uncountable noun for the clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H2O, essential for most plant and animal life.
waters: The plural form 'waters' is a word for an area of seawater bordering on and under the control of a country (territorial waters); water from a particular source (the waters at Baden-Baden); or used for a particular type of situation (troubled waters).
Non-count nouns for some substances have a plural form that is used for 'types of' or 'kinds of', such as 'a dish of two rices' means two types of rice used, basmati and wild; a selection of teas, for example black tea, green tea, oolong, and jasmine.
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Are metaphors count or noncount nouns?
A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places. A metaphor can be a count or a non-count noun. Examples: Their voices were of angels. (the metaphor 'angels' is a count noun) Your voice is music to my ears. (the metaphor 'music' is a non-count noun)
Is work a noncount noun?
Yes, work is a mass (non count) noun; work is specified by days or units of time. The word works is used as a singular form for the mechanism of a machine, watch, etc. or a body of work or deeds.
Is the word homework a noncount noun?
Yes, the noun 'homework' is an uncountable noun, an aggregate noun, a word representing an indefinite number of elements or parts.
Is count noun and mass noun is form of compound nouns?
A count noun is a noun for something that can be counted; a noun with a singular and plural form.A mass (uncountable) noun is a word for something that can't be counted, words for substances, aggregates, activities, concepts, and gerunds.A compound noun is a word made up of two or more words that form a word with a meaning of its own. There are three types of compound nouns:closed (bathtub)hyphenated (fifty-five)open (bus stop)A compound noun can be a count or a mass noun; for example:tennis shoe (tennis is a mass noun, shoe is a count noun)basketball (basket is a count noun, ball is a count noun)airplane (air is a mass noun, plane is a count noun)
What part of speech is count?
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Is project a noncount noun?
No, the noun 'project' is a count noun, the plural form is projects.
Is humor a count or noncount noun?
The noun humor is a non-count noun; you can count the jokes or the pratfalls but you can't count the humor.
Is baby a noncount noun?
No, the noun 'baby' is a count noun; one baby, two babies, three babies, etc.
Is zucchini a count or noncount noun?
The noun 'zucchini' is a count noun, a noun that has a singular and a plural form. The plural noun is zucchinis.Example: My neighbor gave me two zucchinis from his garden.
Is kingdoms a count or a noncount noun?
The noun 'kingdoms' is a count noun, the plural form of the singular noun, 'kingdom'.A count noun is a word for something that can be counted, a word with a singular and a plural form.A non-count noun is a word for a substance or concept is indivisible into countable units.
Is sky a count or noncount noun?
The noun 'sky' is a count noun; the plural noun is skies.Examples:A flock of geese flew across the sky. (singular)The weather report is for sunny skies tomorrow. (plural)
Is settlers noncount noun?
The noun settlers is a count noun, the plural form for the noun settler. Example:First comes one settler, then two more settlers, followed by dozens of settlers.
Is past a noncount noun?
The noun 'past' is a non-count noun as a word for the period of times before the present.The noun 'past' is a count noun as a word for the history of a person or a thing; the plural noun is pasts.The word 'past' is also an adjective, an adverb, and a preposition.
Are metaphors count or noncount nouns?
A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places. A metaphor can be a count or a non-count noun. Examples: Their voices were of angels. (the metaphor 'angels' is a count noun) Your voice is music to my ears. (the metaphor 'music' is a non-count noun)
Is meeting a noncount noun?
No, the noun (gerund) 'meeting' is a countnoun, the plural form is meetings.
Is performance a abstract noun?
Performance (of something) is an abstract noncount noun.
How do you make the noncount noun sawdust more than one?
To make the noncount noun "sawdust" plural, you would need to refer to it in a countable form. For example, you could say "pieces of sawdust" or "bags of sawdust" to indicate multiple quantities of sawdust. By using quantifiers or containers to specify the amount or units of sawdust, you can effectively convey the idea of more than one without changing the noncount nature of the noun itself.
