{"id":378,"date":"2014-07-25T20:09:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T20:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/writershandbook\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=378"},"modified":"2014-07-25T21:18:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T21:18:49","slug":"21-3-count-and-noncount-nouns","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-styleguide\/chapter\/21-3-count-and-noncount-nouns\/","title":{"raw":"21.3 Count and Noncount Nouns","rendered":"21.3 Count and Noncount Nouns"},"content":{"raw":"&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"im_section\">\r\n<h2 class=\"im_title im_editable im_block\"><span class=\"im_title-prefix\">21.3<\/span> Count and Noncount Nouns<\/h2>\r\nNouns that name separate things or people that you can count are called count nouns. Nouns that name things that cannot be counted unless additional words are added are called noncount nouns. You need to understand count and noncount nouns in order to use the nouns correctly with articles, in singular and plural formations, and in other situations. Some nouns can serve as either count or noncount nouns.\r\n<div class=\"im_section\" id=\"mccrimmon-ch21_s03_s01\">\r\n<h2 class=\"im_title im_editable im_block\">Examples of Count Nouns<\/h2>\r\n<ul class=\"im_itemizedlist im_editable im_block\" id=\"mccrimmon-ch21_s03_s01_l01\">\r\n\t<li>box(es)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>dog(s)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>house(s)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>leaf (leaves)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>moon(s)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>peach(es)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>sheep<\/li>\r\n\t<li>women<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"im_section\" id=\"mccrimmon-ch21_s03_s02\">\r\n<h2 class=\"im_title im_editable im_block\">Examples of Noncount Nouns<\/h2>\r\n<ul class=\"im_itemizedlist im_editable im_block\" id=\"mccrimmon-ch21_s03_s02_l01\">\r\n\t<li>advice<\/li>\r\n\t<li>cheese<\/li>\r\n\t<li>equipment<\/li>\r\n\t<li>furniture<\/li>\r\n\t<li>information<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Internet<\/li>\r\n\t<li>mail<\/li>\r\n\t<li>weather<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"im_section\" id=\"mccrimmon-ch21_s03_s03\">\r\n<h2 class=\"im_title im_editable im_block\">Examples of Nouns That Can Be Either Count or Noncount Nouns<\/h2>\r\n<ul class=\"im_itemizedlist im_editable im_block\" id=\"mccrimmon-ch21_s03_s03_l01\">\r\n\t<li>baseball (play baseball vs. throw a baseball)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>love (He is my love! vs. two loves: poetry and basketball)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>marble (play with a marble vs. a floor made of marble)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"im_section\">\n<h2 class=\"im_title im_editable im_block\"><span class=\"im_title-prefix\">21.3<\/span> Count and Noncount Nouns<\/h2>\n<p>Nouns that name separate things or people that you can count are called count nouns. Nouns that name things that cannot be counted unless additional words are added are called noncount nouns. You need to understand count and noncount nouns in order to use the nouns correctly with articles, in singular and plural formations, and in other situations. 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