Artillery is a non-count noun

Artillery is a non-count noun

“Artillery” is a non-count noun:

• These nouns don’t have a plural form, which means there is no such noun as “artilleries”.

• These nouns take a singular pronoun – “it” instead of “they”.

• These nouns take the third person singular form of the verb, which means we say “Artillery is” not “Artillery are.”

• Don’t use the articles “a” or “an” in front of these nouns.

• Don’t use “each” or “every” in front of these nouns.

• Don’t use any numbers or the word “numerous” with these nouns.

•  Use “much” or “a lot of” instead of “many”.

“Artillery” is a non-count noun:

• Use “little” instead of “few”.

• Use “less” instead of “fewer”.

• Use “some” instead of “several”.

• Use “amount” instead of “number”.

If you need a count noun, you can say “artillery piece” for the gun or “artillery shell” for the bomb. Then you can use a/each/every/numbers.

Multiple Choice

Correct this sentence, or select “no error”:

An effective tactic developed during World War I was the “creeping barrage”. This involved aiming artilleries so the shells landed just in front of the advancing troops.

• artillery

• no error

Multiple Select

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To break the stalemate on the western front, the two sides competed to make thousands of artillery.

• artilleries

• Artillery pieces

• no error

Multiple Select

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The Germans developed bigger and bigger artilleries, like the famous “Big Bertha”.

• artillery

• artillery pieces

• no error

Multiple Choice

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Artillery were first developed in China during the Song dynasty.

• artillery was

• no error

Multiple Select

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With the development of better metallurgy techniques, later cannons abandoned the vase shape of early Chinese artilleries.

• artillery

• artillery pieces

• no error

Multiple Choice

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Napoleon, himself a former artillery officer, perfected the tactic of massed artillery unleashed upon a critical point in his enemies' line as a prelude to a decisive infantry and cavalry assault.

• artilleries

• no error

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option to fill in the blank in this sentence:

Aiming the __________ was very difficult in World War I.

• artillery

• artilleries

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option to fill in the blank in this sentence:

Constant bombardment by ___________ caused many soldiers to suffer from “shell shock”.

• artillery

• artilleries

Multiple Select

Select the correct option or options to fill in the blank in this sentence:

The night of June 5, 1944 paratroopers dropped all over Normandy and captured __________ of the German __________ aimed at the landing beaches.

• much....artillery

• many...artillery

• much.....artilleries

• many...artilleries

• many....artillery pieces

Multiple Select

Select the correct option or options to fill in the blank in this sentence:

_____________ needed a four-man crew.

• Each artillery

• Every artillery

• Each artillery piece

• Every artillery piece