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	Mass noun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In English grammar, a mass noun (also uncountable noun or non-count noun) is a type of common noun that cannot be modified by a number without specifying a unit of measurement; thus mass nouns have singular but no plural forms.
		A "laundry" as a count noun is an establishment which washes clothes, also known as a laundromat or laundrette.
		A mass noun can be preceded by a measure word, as in "ten pieces of furniture" or "a gallon of water".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mass_noun (831 words)

	English Grammar
		Nouns which can be either countable or uncountable include nouns which may have different shades of meaning; normally uncountable nouns which are used to refer to types of things; and a few nouns which refer to places used for specific activities.
		Many nouns are uncountable when they refer to something as a substance or a concept, but are countable when they refer to an individual thing related to the substance or concept.
		In the second sentence, the usually uncountable noun wheat is used as a countable noun in the plural to refer to types of wheat.
	members.fortunecity.com /translations/gramch16.html (1664 words)

	2003 ESL in Canada Summer Camp Text - Intermediate word use - Parts of Speech - Nouns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Uncountable nouns are for the items or quantities that we cannot count.
		The uncountable nouns are used with a singular verb.
		greenhouse) and an adjective with a noun (e.g.
	www.eslincanada.ca /nouns.html (819 words)

	The Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
		Moreover, a noun that is countable in your native language may be uncountable in English, and vice-versa.
		If the noun is either plural or uncountable, then you have made a mistake, and you should refer to Table 3 to determine whether to use the or 0 instead.
		Therefore, if you cannot decide whether a noun is singular, plural, or uncountable, go on to the next step and ask yourself whether it is definite (known to both the writer/speaker and the reader/listener) or not.
	www.rpi.edu /web/writingcenter/esl.html (3569 words)

	uncountable noun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		...noun In this interview Zoe and Amanda talked about their family and social lives,love,work,spirit and future.
		In Indo-European languages that assign genders to all nouns, the genders often correspond roughly to declensions...
		In this example the collective noun "jury" is the subject of the singular compound verb "is dining."
	noun.get-compare.info /uncountable-noun (277 words)

	Noun - UniLang Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Uncountable nouns can be said to fall in two subcategories: singular and plural.
		The reason why a noun is uncountable may be some difficulty in applying numbers, grouping/counting is not natural or the entity cannot be viewed as individual objects.
		A countable noun in one language may be uncountable in another language.
	home.unilang.org /main/wiki2/wiki.phtml?title=Noun (354 words)

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		Uncountable nouns often refer to food, beverages, substances, or abstractions (meat, tea, steel, information); some uncountable nouns (but not the abstract ones) can be made countable by adding a "count frame" in front of them (two gallons of milk, six blocks of ice, a bar of soap, a bunch of celery).
		Similarly, the uncountable noun "glass" is a substance made from silicates; "a glass" (singular) is something you drink from; and "glasses" (plural) are frames containing lenses that correct imperfect vision.
		Table 3 below shows that if the noun is singular, you must use either "the" or "a"/"an" in front of the noun, depending on whether it is definite (known to both you and your readers) or not.
	www.rpi.edu /dept/llc/writecenter/ascii/esl.txt (3458 words)

	English for all - Advanced course chapter 1 (nouns)
		Nouns which don't know if they are singular or plural.
		Some nouns refer to a single thing that is composed of a number of individual items.
		Substantive nouns affect inanimate objects, so heat is a substantive noun - if it wasn't, you couldn't have eaten toast for breakfast this morning.
	www.english-online.org.uk /adv1/nouna1.htm (888 words)

	GUIDES TO ENGLISH USAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Plural nouns and uncountable nouns can be used with no article (cats, water), but singular countable nouns can not.
		When we use an article with a plural or uncountable noun, the meaning is not general, but in particular.
		When a noun is used as an adjective (before another noun), the first noun’s article is dropped.
	www.saigon.com /~tuan/english/articles.htm (1234 words)

	common noun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		a noun that is derived from a verb SUMO term(s): kind of Noun...
		A common noun is a noun that signifies a nonspecific member of a group.
		A proper noun is a name given to a specific person, place, or thing.
	noun.get-compare.info /common-noun (577 words)

	Nouns - Language Arts Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Teaching Idea
		Have your students help you write the definition of nouns and uncountable nouns on the board.
		Then write a list of uncountable nouns on the board as you show examples of them.
		Ask students individually to tell if the picture shown is of a countable or uncountable noun.
	www.lessonplanspage.com /LAUncountableNouns812.htm (219 words)

	Certificate in Business and Communication (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		When you use an uncountable noun to refer to a general type of substance, concept, process etc do not use an article.
		Generally, when we use 'the' with a noun, we want to show that the noun is unique; that it has a unique referent.
		in a two word noun, where the second noun is a common noun, we use 'the'.
	www.swin.edu.au /lts/study_skills/acs/chapter3/avoiding/avoiding.htm (2362 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Nouns are divided into countable and uncountable nouns.
		Uncountable nouns are names of materials, liquids, and other things which we do not see as separate objects.
		Obviously house is a countable noun, and air is not.
	www.bkkonline.com /nanny/tip/countable.shtml (383 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The rule of the grammar is to put an ‘a’ when the first sound of the noun is a consonant and ‘an’ when the first sound of the noun is a vowel.
		For this activity, the term ‘definite’ is for situations in which the noun is unique or considered unique such as ‘the sky’, ‘the earth’, etc. or before a noun that has become definite as a result of being mentioned the second time.
		Countable vs. uncountable nouns The native speakers in this activity seemed to have no problems with the use of countable vs. uncountable nouns, because the words in each category of ‘shape’, ‘car’ and ‘doctor’ were countable nouns.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~neny/518/518-activity1.doc (2162 words)

	University of Virginia Writing Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		If it is a specific noun, or one that has already been referred to in the body of the text, then you will probably use the (the street where you live).
		If the noun is plural, abstract, meant in a general sense, or is not countable, then it may not require an article at all (children love to shout; liberty is all I ask; students need more sleep; music of the coal miners inspired the poet).
		A noun is considered uncountable when it is something you literally cannout count (e.g.
	www.engl.virginia.edu /writing/wctr/FAQ.html (1342 words)

	English Grammar: Uncountable Nouns (EnglishClub.com)
		Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements.
		Here are some more examples of countable and uncountable nouns.
		When you learn a new word, it's a good idea to learn whether it's countable or uncountable.
	www.englishclub.com /grammar/nouns-un-countable_2.htm (119 words)

	Count/Noncount 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Some examples of uncountable nouns are "mass" nouns like sand, sugar, milk, and water.
		Many abstract nouns like love, friendship, and laziness are also uncountable nouns.
		Some and a lot of can be used with uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.
	www.bridgeport.edu /~hjianong/20.html (149 words)

	Data grid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		In general use, this word is usually used as an uncountable noun.
		In statistics, this word is usually a plural noun, with singular datum.
		This data is pure corpus fetishism and hasn't been checked for anomalies (why are the 2003–2004 numbers so low?), the accuracy of google's rounding, or irrelevancies such as "this/these data banks" etc., but is kind of telling.
	www.33beat.com /Data_grid.html (805 words)

	The Writing Center at Rensselaer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Again, the decision depends on whether the noun is definite or not.
		Wool is uncountable (you cannot say one wool).
		Wool and oil are both uncountable nouns (you cannot say one wool or one oil in this context).
	www.wecc.rpi.edu /esl.html (3584 words)

	Re: [agi] uncountable nouns
		If > you force a uncontable noun to be used as a set, it can be done, but it is > not natural at all, and the distinction between "countable noun" and > "uncountable noun" is gone.
		LiquidFn is a function which denotes the liquid form of its argument, and ParticleFn is a function which denotes a particle composed of its argument.
		Countable vs. uncountable nouns are easily represented by Cyc.
	www.mail-archive.com /agi@v2.listbox.com/msg00623.html (549 words)

	EAP Accuracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		It specifies that the referent of the noun phrase is assumed to be known to the speaker and the addressee (Biber, Johansson, Leech, Conrad and Finegan, 1999, pp.260-270).
		It depends whether or not the noun is countable (book)or uncountable (information).
		When we use an article with a plural or countable noun, the meaning is particular, not general.
	www.uefap.co.uk /accuracy/proof/articles2.htm (436 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		You cannot say musics,bloods,excitements b) Before uncountable nouns you can say the/some/any/much/this/his, etc. the music some gold much excitement his blood But you cannot use a/an before an uncountable noun.
		So you cannot say a music, an excitement or blood You can also use uncountable nouns alone, with no article (see Unit 70): - This ring is made of gold.
		We use the + singular countable noun in this way to talk about a type of plant, animal, etc. Note that you can also use a plural noun without 'the': - Roses are my favorite flowers.
	kepler.fmph.uniba.sk /~klein8/english/articles.html (2333 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		word1 [countable/uncountable noun, transitive/intransitive verb, adjective, adverb, preposition]: definition from an English dictionary.
		word2 [countable/uncountable noun, transitive/intransitive verb, adjective, adverb, preposition]: definition from an English dictionary.
		word3 [countable/uncountable noun, transitive/intransitive verb, adjective, adverb, preposition]: definition from an English dictionary.
	www.msu.edu /user/hongjun3/vocab.html (130 words)

	English grammar for TEFL, ESL - relative clauses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The issue of countability and uncountability for nouns is often addressed at an elementary level and tied in with the topic of food.
		Once you have dealt with the meaning of a text (through comprehension questions for example), learners can be asked to find examples of different kinds of noun: a countable noun, an uncountable noun, a noun that can be both countable or uncountable.
		Many nouns can be countable or uncountable, depending on whether we see them as units or as mass.
	www.onestopenglish.com /english_grammar/countability_activities.htm (1084 words)

	[agi] uncountable nouns
		This is a problem because predicate logic treats a predicate as a set.
		If you force a uncontable noun to be used as a set, it can be done, but it is not natural at all, and the distinction between "countable noun" and "uncountable noun" is gone.
		I browsed the website of CYC and cannot found how it is handled in CycL, which is based on predicate logic.
	www.mail-archive.com /agi@v2.listbox.com/msg00591.html (133 words)

	View topic - Comparisons with nouns [(not/just) as many/much...as]
		A + have/has + as + many/much + noun(s) + as + B
		These are two sentences with 'comparisons with nouns' verb.
		We usually use 'comparison with nouns' to compare a thing with another.
	www.learn-english-grammar.com /viewtopic.php?t=360 (1428 words)

	ESL Cafe's Hint of the Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Nouns #12: "Countable" Forms of Uncountable Nouns, by Dennis Oliver
		Sometimes you will see uncountable nouns used with
		form of an uncountable noun means a portion /
	www.eslcafe.com /webhints/hints.cgi?20000824.txt (117 words)

	Nouns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Generally, English nouns indicate masculine and feminine gender only for persons.
		4.Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural.
		Some nouns have a plural form and take a plural verb.
	www.arrakis.es /~sfeo/nouns.html (392 words)

	SBF Glossary: P
		In Spanish, the mass noun fósforo means `phosphorus' (the substance, the element) and the singular count noun fósforo means `match' (the thing you light fires with).
		A noteworthy feature of the noun acronym PACS is that it has been verbed and that this (possibly not the original acronym, which still tends to be capitalized) has been integrated into the language as an ordinary word.
		Feminine noun in Spanish: `shovel.' Cognate of palette.
	www.plexoft.com /cgi-bin/P.cgi (13132 words)

	GRAMMAR JOURNAL -- articles/quantifiers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		underline or bold the quantifier and the noun
		To check to be sure you have found a quantifier, and what kind of noun you have found, form a question using how much..
		with the noun, and then answer it with the quantifier.
	www.iei.uiuc.edu /web.pages/grammarsafari/journal_quantifiers.html (164 words)

	Re: tense and uncountable noun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		tense and uncountable noun posted by Hayman on August 14, 1997 at 14:25:57:
		Re: tense and uncountable noun Hayman 14:37:45 8/16/97 (
		Re: tense and uncountable noun Dave Shaffer 05:10:00 8/17/97 (
	www.pacificnet.net /~sperling/wwwboard2/messages/4721.html (207 words)

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