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Uncounting on you

Uncounting on you

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World Languages

Professional Development

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Paola Rojas

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​Uncountables and other hard to count nouns

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We know there are countable and uncountable nouns, but ​is that all there is?

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  • progress

  • scenery

  • rubbish

  • work

  • ​traffic

  • weather​

  • politics

and also...

  • behaviour

  • traffic

  • weather

  • accommodation

  • health

  • rubbish

  • scenery

​for instance...

​Some uncountables are always uncountable

And most words ended in -ics

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​- Someone, sometime

The weather was terrible, but at least there wasn't much traffic.

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  • news

  • luck

  • bread

  • toast

  • luggage

  • equipment

some...

  • furniture

  • information

  • advice

  • homework

  • research

  • chocolate

a piece of...

​Some uncountables need a receptacle or measure

I've got a piece of advice for you. Do your homework!

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  • glass

  • business

  • paper

  • light

  • time

  • space.

other examples are...

iron = the metal; an iron = the thing used to press clothes.

​for instance...

​some uncountables can be countables, but their meaning changes

I have to hand in a paper this evening.

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  • family

  • police

    Use plural forms

  • My family enjoy their time together

members of the group

  • family

  • police

    Use singular forms​

  • The police is efficient.

​group as a whole

​finally, we have collective nouns

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  • scissors

  • trousers

  • shorts

  • headphones

some need "a pair of" or "some" in front...

  • belongings

  • clothes

  • manners

  • outskirts

​like these...

some plural nouns are always considered plural

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​Uncountables and other hard to count nouns

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