Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Atiqa Victoria :: COMMON MISTAKES WHEN USING ENGLISH- PART 2 ::

WHICH NOUNS DON'T HAVE A PLURAL FORM?


Some nouns in English are 'uncountable'. This means that they do not have a plural form. Some common uncountable nouns are: advice, advertising, food, furniture, garbage, information, knowledge, money, shopping, time, traffic, travel.




With uncountable nouns, you must use:
  • the singular form: food, information, money
  • a little/ amount of/ much/ some: How much money do you have? / The amount of traffic on the roads is increasing each year.
  • a singular verb: There was already a little furniture in the flat.

If a noun is uncountable, you cannot use:
  • a plural form: advices, furnitures, garbages, informations, knowledges
  • a/an: an advice, a garbage, a knowledge
  • a few/ many/ number of: a few shopping, many traffic, the number of knowledge
  • a  number: three travels, four furniture
  • a plural verb: There were a little furniture in the flat.

*If you want to add a number to an uncountable noun, you can use a piece of/ some/ a few pieces of: a piece of advice, three pieces of furniture, a few pieces of garbage


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