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AdjectiveswithCountableandUncountableNouns
TheBasicRules:CountandNoncountNouns Acountnounisonethatcanbeexpressedinpluralform,usuallywithan"s."Forexample,"catcats," "seasonseasons,""studentstudents." Anoncountnounisonethatusuallycannotbeexpressedinapluralform.Forexample,"milk,""water," "air,""money,""food."Usually,youcan'tsay,"Hehadmanymoneys." CountandNoncountNounswithAdjectives Mostofthetime,thisdoesn'tmatterwithadjectives.Forexample,youcansay,"Thecatwasgray"or "Theairwasgray."However,thedifferencebetweenacountableanduncountablenoundoesmatter withcertainadjectives,suchas"some/any,""much/many,"and"little/few." Some/Any:Someandanycountableanduncountablenouns. "Thereissomewateronthefloor." "TherearesomeMexicanshere." "Doyouhaveanyfood?" "Doyouhaveanyapples?"
Alittlebitof:Alittlebitofisinformalandalwaysprecedesanuncountablenoun. "Thereisalittlebitofpepperinthesoup." "Thereisalittlebitofsnowontheground." Enough:Enoughmodifiesbothcountableanduncountablenouns. "Thereisenoughmoneytobuyacar." "Ihaveenoughbookstoread." Plentyof:Plentyofmodifiesbothcountableanduncountablenouns. "Theyhaveplentyofmoneyinthebank." "ThereareplentyofmillionairesinSwitzerland." No:Nomodifiesbothcountableanduncountablenouns. "Thereisnotimetofinishnow." "Therearenosquirrelsinthepark." Copyright19952009byTheWritingLab&TheOWLatPurdueandPurdueUniversity.Allrights reserved.Thismaterialmaynotbepublished,reproduced,broadcast,rewritten,orredistributedwithout permission.Useofthissiteconstitutesacceptanceofourtermsandconditionsoffairuse.Pleasereport anytechnicalproblemsyouencounter. Retrievedfrom:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/2/10