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For example:
Uncountable nouns (also called mass nouns or noncount nouns) cannot be counted as
separate objects. This means you cannot make them plural by adding -s, because they
only have a singular form. It also means that they do not take the indefinite article
(a/an) or a number in front of them.
For example:
Water
Work
Information
Coffee
Sand
We indicate the quantity of uncountable nouns (also called mass nouns or noncount
nouns) by combining them with a countable expression (a piece of, a slice of etc), or a
quantifier like some / a little / a lot etc.) in front of them. We also use much with
uncountable nouns.
For example:
Some water
A lot of work
A piece of information
A bucket of sand
For example, money. We can count money can't we? Yes, but we count it in currencies -
a million dollars / pounds / euros etc. (For some reason the yen is treated as an
uncountable noun - a million yen).
For example:-
Some supposedly uncountable nouns can behave like countable nouns if we think of
them as being in containers, or one of several types.