Collective, abstract and material nouns - and nouns you can or can't count. · about 14 minutes
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What is it? Beyond common and proper nouns, there are collective nouns (a team of players), abstract nouns (honesty), material nouns (silver), and nouns that are countable (apples) or uncountable (rice).
Why does it matter? Knowing the kind of noun tells you which words go with it: a team is ready, much rice but many apples, some advice but never "an advice".
Where do we use it? Recipes (a little salt, two onions), news (the crowd cheered), stories (courage, fear) and science (iron, water).
In this lesson you will:
