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Non-countable Nouns Examples



Non-countable Nouns - Glossary of Terms



Non-countable Nouns

A non-countable noun, or mass noun, is a noun which does not have a plural form. (Non-countable nouns refer to things that cannot be counted.)

Examples:

music, furniture, grit, mercury 

Non-countable nouns are always singular.
 
The air is thin near the top.  There's hardly any oxygen. [show me the non-countable nouns]
 

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Glossary of grammatical terms

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