The Good Grammar Guide (Routledge Study Guides) by Palmer Richard

Author:Palmer, Richard [Palmer, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Social Sciences
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2003-09-02T04:00:00+00:00

2 Count nouns allow a plural; noncount nouns do not. Thus the above

books players desks animals

are fine, but it sounds and looks odd to refer to

milks earths musics lucks

3 Count nouns occur in the singular with the indefinite article (a, an), noncount nouns with some:

a book an animal some music some luck

Both count and noncount nouns can be used with the definite article (the):

the book the player the music the luck

Finally: quite a number of nouns can be count or noncount, according to their precise meaning or use. For example:

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