Countable Ns can be "counted", they have a singular and plural form... Uncountable Ns cannot be counted.. This means they have only a singular form.. You can use a lot of & no Countab
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&
Uncountable Ns
1 Definition
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can be "counted", they have a singular and plural form.
E.g
A book, two books, three books
An apple, two apples, three apples
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cannot be counted This means they have only a singular form It also means that
they do not take a/an before them.
E.g.
Water
Coffee
Wine
Rice
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1 Can use some & any
Countable Ns
Some dogs can be dangerous.
Uncountable Ns
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Countable Ns
No computers were bought last week.
A lot of computers were reported broken the week before.
Uncountable N s
A lot of wine is drunk in France.
No wine is drunk in Iran.
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of countable Ns
uncountable Ns
2 Add (s) to make a
countable N plural
for an uncountable N
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with plural countable Ns
been hunted
in England
with uncountable Ns
coffee.
though
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of "
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Uncountable
Shhhhh! I thought I
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(= newspaper)
picture Have you
Our house has
coffee?
Shakespeare's
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usually uncountable.
can say (in a restaurant, …):
Two teas and one coffee please.