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COUNTABILITY, NOUNS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - USED WITH A/AN, THE, SOME, PLURAL -S
        
        SPECIAL CASES: SERIES, AIRCRAFT, SPECIES (SAME SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORM)
        
        ALWAYS-PLURAL NOUNS: CLOTHES, SCISSORS, TROUSERS, POLICE, PEOPLE
    - - CANNOT BE COUNTED (FURNITURE, INFORMATION, ADVICE)
        
        CANNOT BE USED WITH A/AN, NO PLURAL -S
        
        SPECIAL TYPES: ABSTRACT (HAPPINESS, KNOWLDEGE); LIQUIDS (OIL, MILK); MATERIALS (WOOD, PLASTIC); ACTIVITIES (SHOPPING, READING)
        
        UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS ENDING IN -S: SCHOOL SUBJECTS (MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS); PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES (GYMNASTICS); DISEASES (MEASLES, DIABETES); GAMES (BILIARDS, DARTS)
      - VARIABLE NOUNS
        
        CAN BE UNCOUNTABLE OR COUNTABLE WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS:
        GLASS: A DRINKING VESSEL (C), A MATERIAL (U)
        CHOCOLATE: A PIECE OF CHOCOLATE (C), THE SUBSTANCE (U)
- - - - A PIECE OF (ADVICE, FURNITURE)
        A LOAF OF (BREAD)
        A FLASH OF (LIGHTNING)