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Is a few countable or uncountable?

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In connection with a little / a few people often speak of countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be used with a number (that's why they are called 'countable nouns'). Countable nouns take a few.

Similarly, you may ask, is traffic countable or uncountable?

When used as a countable noun, jam typically refers to traffic congestion: I always get caught in traffic jams. Here are some more examples of nouns which can be either countable or uncountable, depending on meaning. When used as a countable noun, air has two different meanings.

Is several countable or uncountable?

Pick the right quantifier

Only with uncountable nouns	With all types of nouns	Only with countable nouns
a little	no, none, not any	a few
a bit of	some	a number of
	any	several
a great deal of	a lot of, lots of	a great number of

Is the word chocolate countable or uncountable?

Countable & Uncountable nouns (2) Some words can be both countable and uncountable depending on how they are used. In a box of chocolates, the chocolates are countable and you can take one. When you have a bar of chocolate the chocolate is uncountable and you can take some.

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Is the word fruit countable or uncountable?

The word "fruit" is generally an uncountable noun. Some people use it occasionally as a countable noun, but most of the time I think that sounds awkward and harsh on the ear. The only time I would use it in the plural would be in the expression "the fruits of one's labour".

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Is the word cake countable or uncountable?

If you are talking about part of an object, the noun is often uncountable. You are talking about two whole cakes, so the noun 'cake' is countable. You are talking about part of a cake, so the noun 'cake' is uncountable. You are talking about part of a cake, so the noun 'cake' is uncountable.

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What is the difference between a little and the little?

"little" as used as an adjective refers to physical size of one or more countable nouns: "A little man" refers to one single man who is little. The indefinite article "a" refers to this indefinite but countable "little man". "a little" can also be used to signify quantity of an uncountable noun.

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Is Rice a countable noun?

Rice is good for you. (Not I eat a rice.) There is no plural form for an uncountable noun. To make uncountable nouns countable add a counting word, such as a unit of measurement, or the general word piece.

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Is money a countable or uncountable noun?

Money is an uncountable noun, so use little/much with it. Rupees are countable, so use few/many with them. By the way, you can you a lot of and lots of with both "money" and "rupees".

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Is the word fish countable or uncountable?

Fish is countable when referring to an animal. It is uncountable when referring to food as a substance. As a countable noun, its plural form is irregular: it can be fish or fishes. Since we commonly treat fish as food as uncountable, we often say, for example, I had some fish for dinner, even if we ate one fish.

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Is a few singular or plural?

For indefinite pronouns that can be singular or plural, it depends on what the indefinite pronoun refers to. Correct: All of the people clapped their hands. (Here all refers to newspaper, which is singular.) The pronouns ending with -body or -one such as anybody, somebody, no one, or anyone are singular.

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Is the word bread countable or uncountable?

The accepted answer is correct, but I think an answer that is both more general and simpler, is that words are not countable or uncountable, senses are countable or uncountable. In this case, bread in the sense of the stuff you get when you bake bread-dough, is uncountable. You can't say "three breads" in this sense.

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What is the difference between a few and the few?

the basic difference is between positive and negative. Few, when used without a preceding 'a', means "very few" or "none at all". On the other hand, a few is used to indicate "not a large number". The difference is subtle, yet there are instances where the two can mean completely opposite things.

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Is the Word Food countable or uncountable?

Food is usually uncountable but it can also be countable. or Lots of the foods he eats are high in fat. There are lots of nouns like this. When an uncountable is used as a countable noun, it is usually because you are talking about distinct examples, such as types/kinds of.

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Is a few 3?

Actually, no. While many people would agree that "a few" means three or more, the actual dictionary definition of "a few" is, "not many but more than one." So, "a few" cannot be one, but it can be as low as two.

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Is the word most singular or plural?

(The “of the report” makes the pronoun and verb singular.) Most of the people are available. (The word “people” is always treated as plural.) However, the word “population” may be treated as a single or as a plural noun.

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What is an uncountable noun and examples?

Countable nouns (or count nouns) are those that refer to something that can be counted. They have both singular and plural forms (e.g. cat/cats; woman/women; country/countries). In the singular, they can be preceded by a or an.

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What is the difference between a few and a little?

Little and a little follow the same pattern as few vs. a few. The only difference is that we use few and a few with countable nouns in the plural form, and we use little and a little with uncountable nouns: By the way, you should use little and a little with “water” because it's an uncountable noun.

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Is it a few or few?

So the basic difference is between positive and negative. Few, when used without a preceding 'a', means "very few" or "none at all". On the other hand, a few is used to indicate "not a large number". The difference is subtle, yet there are instances where the two can mean completely opposite things.

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Is information a countable noun?

Warning: Some nouns which are uncountable in English are countable in other languages (e.g. accommodation, advice, furniture, information): They can give you some information about accommodation at the tourist office. Not: They can give you some informations about accommodations at the tourist office.

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Is the word is plural or singular?

They are always singular, though. Each is often followed by a prepositional phrase ending in a plural word (Each of the cars), thus confusing the verb choice. Each, too, is always singular and requires a singular verb. You would always say, "Everybody is here."

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Is neither of them singular or plural?

Neither of and either of are followed by a plural noun or pronoun and a singular or plural verb. A plural verb is more informal: Neither of my parents speaks/speak a foreign language. When neither… nor… or either… or… are used with two singular nouns, the verb can be singular or plural. A plural verb is more informal.

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What is the difference between some and a few?

In contrast, “some” is higher than “few” but lower than “many” or “several.” To sum it all up, “few” can be described as a small, indefinite number, while “some” – as an indefinite, large number. 3.“Few” is used to modify countable nouns. Meanwhile, “some” is applicable to both countable and uncountable nouns.

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What is countable and uncountable sets?

In mathematics, a countable set is a set with the same cardinality (number of elements) as some subset of the set of natural numbers. A countable set is either a finite set or a countably infinite set.

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