Countable and uncountable nouns

In English grammar, some things are seen as a whole or mass. These are called uncountable nouns, because they cannot be separated or counted.

It sounds as if you're saying one (not two). If you're offering someone a drink, you'd say Would you like a drink? But someone who works in a café might say ...

2022年12月29日 — 米、糖、鹽、頭髮等等，通常是由大量相同的細小物件組成，出現時一般不會只有「一個」的物件。米粒、糖、鹽和頭髮，一般不會只有一顆米、一顆鹽地出現，這 ...

Uncountable nouns are for the things that we cannot count with numbers. They may be the names for abstract ideas or qualities or for physical objects that are ...

It's important to distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns in English because their usage is different in regards to both determiners and verbs.

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

2024年1月21日 — Uncountable nouns, or mass nouns, are nouns that come in a state or quantity that is impossible to count; liquids are uncountable, as are things ...