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Count NounsUsing A or An with Count Nouns
• What is a count noun?• A count noun is a noun that we can count. It
has a singular form and a plural form.• If you have a singular count noun, use A or AN
in front of the noun when it is general.• EX: A book, A pen, A desk, AN apple, An orange, An umbrella, An
elephant, A bicycle, A basketball.
Since it is a single apple, and it has a vowel sound, we use AN before apple= AN APPLE
We have more than one apple here. The plural form is apples.
Count Noun Examples
A building
Buildings
A leaf
Leaves
Count Noun Examples
A man
Men
The singular count nouns are preceded by the appropriate use of A or An.
A Car
Cars
Non-Count Nouns• A non-count noun is a noun that we do not count. It
does not have a plural form.• We use quantifiers before non-count nouns: a bottle
of milk, and if we have two or more, we say bottles of milk.
• Ex: fruit, some fruit; bread, a slice of bread; homework; a lot of homework; information, a little information, money, milk, juice, water, bread, honesty, happiness
Milk is a non-count noun. We do not count milk because milk does not have a singular or a plural form. If you have milk in a bottles, you
must write a bottle, two bottles or three bottles—depending on the number of bottles.
Noun –Count Examples
• Money is a non-count because it has only ONE form.
• We cannot say moneys. This is wrong.
• What are quantifiers?• A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to
indicate the amount or quantity.• Examples: We can use quantifiers to talk about money: One dollar,
two dollars, three dollars, four dollars. • One Ice cube, two ice cubes, three ice cubes…
ONE Ice cubeOne is a quantifier.
TWO Ice cubes