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1、CountandNonCountNouns(withArticlesandAdjectives)CountableNounsCountablenounsrefertothingsthatwecancount.Suchnounscantakeeithersingularorpluralform.Concretenounsmaybecountable.Thereareadozenflowersinthevase.Heateanappleforasnack.Collectivenounsarecountable.Sheattendedthreeclassestoday.Londoni

2、shometoseveralorchestras.Somepropernounsarecountable.TherearemanyGreekslivinginNewYork.TheVanderbiltswouldthrowlavishpartiesattheirNewportsummermansion.UncountableNounsUncountablenounsrefertothingsthatwecannotcount.Suchnounstakeonlysingularform.Abstractnounsareuncountable.Thepriceoffreedomis

3、constantvigilance.Herwritingshowsmaturityandintelligence.Someconcretenounsareuncountable(whenunderstoodintheirundividedsense).Thepriceofoilhasstabilizedrecently.MayIborrowsomerice?Whileuncountablenounsdonotgenerallytakeapluralform,sometimestheymaybepluralizedwhenusedinacountablesense.Thediff

4、erencebetweentheuncountableandcountablemeaningsofnounsthatareusedineithersensecanbeseeninthefollowingchart:UncountableSenseCountableSenseArtisoftencalledanimitationoflife.Lifeisprecious.Helikestoeatpizza.Religionhasbeenapowerfulforceinhistory.Shehasbeautifulskin.Dr.Moultonisanexpertinancient

5、Greeksculpture.Weuseonlyrecycledpaperinouroffice.IreadabookaboutthefolkartsofSweden.Acathasninelives.Howmanypizzasshouldweorder?ManyreligionsarepracticedintheUnitedStates.Thehullofakayakismadeofanimalskins.Wehaveseveralsculpturesinourhome.Wherearethoseimportantpapers? UsingArticleswithCounta

6、bleandUncountableNounsAcountablenounalwaystakeseithertheindefinite(a,an)ordefinite(the)articlewhenitissingular.Whenplural,ittakesthedefinitearticleifitreferstoadefinite,specificgroupandnoarticleifitisusedinageneralsense.Theguestofhonorarrivedlate.Youarewelcomeasaguestinourhome.Theguestsatyou

7、rpartyyesterdaymadealotofnoise.Guestsarewelcomehereanytime.Uncountablenounsnevertaketheindefinitearticle(aoran),buttheydotakesingularverbs.Theissometimesusedwithuncountablenounsinthesamewayitisusedwithpluralcountablenouns,thatis,torefertoaspecifico