This document discusses countable and uncountable nouns. It explains that nouns can be proper or common and some common nouns have clear boundaries making them countable, while others are not easily measurable and are considered uncountable. Some nouns like "fish" and "chicken" can be used as both countable and uncountable depending on whether they refer to the animal or the food. Additionally, some uncountable nouns can take on a countable sense when used in certain contexts.

1. Countable and Uncountable Nouns

2. Nouns are words that name persons, places, things, and ideas. FREEDOM HAPPINESS Nouns are words that name persons, places, things, and ideas.

3. Nouns can be proper or common. The White House A white house Tylenol paracetamol Proper nouns Common nouns

4. Some common nouns have easily identifiable boundaries; it’s easy to see where each item begins and ends. These are countable nouns. people pencils hospital room

5. Some nouns don’t have such boundaries. To quantify them, we need to use some kind of measure. A cup of coffee A bowl of cereal A piece of butter coffee cereal butter

6. Other nouns represent ideas, concepts which aren’t visible, can’t be readily measurable, or may be quantified in many different ways. honesty These are uncountable nouns . humanity happiness money medicine

7. Some nouns can be used as count nouns and as non-count. fish cake chicken