Nouns (2)

D. Uncountable nouns used as countable nouns with: cup of, glass of, different kind of, types of, kind of, etc.

E. Some nouns have both countable and uncountable meaning: business, danger, death, hope, industry, language, marriage, paper, power, property, tax, time, travel, use, work, etc.

F. Uncountable nouns end in ‘-s’: subjects of study; activities; games; diseases

G. Group nouns (e.g. army, audience, committee, company, crew, enemy, family, flock, gang, government, group, herd, media, public, regiment, staff, team, etc.), we can use them either as singular nouns or as plural nouns. But company, organisation and teams are usually plural in spoken English.

H. Two-part nouns are plural: binoculars, glasses, jeans, knickers, pincers, pants, pliers, pyjamas, scissors, shorts, spectacles, tights, trainers, trousers, tweezers,etc. We can  use ‘a pair of ~’ and, if we want to talk about more than one, we use ‘pairs of ~’

I. Proper nouns: Names of people, places and organisations. We spell proper nouns with a capital letter

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