Count Nouns vs. Non-Count Nouns

Count Noun 

Can be considered at least one.

pen, PC, bottle, spoon, work area, glass, TV, seat, shoe, finger, blossom, camera, stick, swell, book, table, brush, and so on.

Take a s to shape the plural.

pens, PCs, bottles, spoons, work areas, mugs, TVs, seats, shoes, fingers, blooms, cameras, sticks, inflatables, books, tables, brushes, and so forth.

Work with expressions, for example, (a couple of, couple of, some, a few, each, each, these, and the quantity of).

a couple pens, a couple of PCs, many containers, a few spoons, each work area, every glass, these TVs, the quantity of seats, a couple shoes, a couple fingers, many blossoms, a few cameras, each stick, every inflatable, these books, the quantity of tables, many brushes, and so on.

Work with fitting articles (an, an, or the).

a pen, the PC, a jug, the spoon, a work area, the glass, a TV, the seat, a shoe, the finger, a blossom, the camera, a stick, the inflatable, a book, the table, a brush, and so on.

Try not to work with much (for instance, you could never say much pens or much PCs).

Non-Count Nouns

Can't be tallied. They generally express a gathering or a sort.

water, wood, ice, air, oxygen, English, Spanish, movement, furniture, drain, wine, sugar, rice, meat, flour, soccer, daylight, and so on.

By and large can't be pluralized.

Work both with and without an article (an, an, or the), contingent upon the setting of the sentence.

Sugar is sweet.

The daylight is excellent.

I drink drain.

He eats rice.

We watch soccer together.

The wood is smoldering.

Work with expressions, for example, (a few, sufficiently any, this, that, and much).

We ate some rice and drain.

I would like to see some daylight today.

This meat is great.

She doesn't talk much Spanish.

Do you see any activity out and about?

That wine is extremely old.

Try not to work with expressions, for example, (these, those, each, each, either, or not one or the other).