Question

What is the difference between countable noun and uncountable noun

Answer 1

Answer:

In English grammar, countable nouns are individual people, animals, places, things, or ideas which can be counted. Uncountable nouns are not individual objects, so they cannot be counted.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Countable nouns:

• Can be counted and used in the singular and the plural.

For example,

a computer - computers

a game - games

a country - countries

• The articles a and an can be used in the singlar form.

For example,

a battery

an inverter

• Can be qualified by words or phrases such as a few, many, several, two or three in the plural form.

For example,

a few buildings

Many trees

Two girls

Uncountable nouns:

• Cannot be counted and used only in the singular form.

For example,

Sugar

Rice

Information

• The article a or an cannot be used with them.

For example,

a justice , an honesty - these are wrong

• Can be qualified by determiners such as some, much, a little and less.

For example,

Some coffee

A little money

Less weight