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Countable and uncountable nouns and Quantifying expressions - Coggle…
Countable and uncountable nouns and Quantifying expressions
Uncountable nouns are those that refer to objects that are difficult to specify in separate units,
They can identify abstract ideas or qualities and physical objects that are too small or amorphous to count (liquids, powdery substances, gases, etc.).
They cannot be plural
They are not normally used with the articles “a” or “an”.
Cannot be used alone with numbers
Quantitative expressions are used to number or group nouns by quantity.
It can be discrete or continuous
They express the idea of quantity or number.
Any (none)
Some (some)
Many (many)
Much (much)
Countable nouns are those that can be “counted”, i.e. it is possible to establish their number in units
They can appear, singular and plural because they can be counted.
Use of There is (singular) / There are (plural).
They can be preceded by indefinite articles (a, an) and numbers.
If it ends in a consonant followed by “y”, the “y” is changed to “ies”.
If the noun ends in “s”, “sh”, “ch”, “x” or “z”, “es” is added.
An “s” is added to the end of the singular noun in some cases.
