Countable and uncountable nouns in English:
1. Countable nouns:
Most of the nouns are countable. You can combine them with numbers, e.g one, two or three. Here is an example:
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One pencil.
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Two pencils.
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Three pencils.
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Four pencils.
2. Uncountable nouns:
These nouns cannot be combined with numbers:
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Water
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Butter
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Coal
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Money
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Salt
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Iron
If you want to express a quantity, you have to use a special phrase e.g. a glass of water.
Note:
Some nouns can be either countable or uncountable. We recommend to use a good dictionary to find out whether a noun is countable or uncountable or both.
Here is an example:
Hair – Hairs
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You've got some hairs on your T-shirt (There might be 5 or 6 of them).
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Your hair looks lovely (Here you think of the hairstyle).