SPIRITUAL RENEWAL UNIT 6
COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS
The main differece between Count and Non-Count Nouns is weheter or not the things they refer to can be counted. Count nouns refer to the things that can be divided up into smaller units wich are separate and distinct from another; Noun Count Noun refer to things that cannot be divided because they are regarded as wholes wich, cannot be divided into parts. They often refer to abstraction and ocassionally have a colective meaning.
Source: Leo Literary Education online.
Here some examples of Non Count- and count quantifiers:
Noun Count Nouns:
The professor have a tremendous amount of work to complete before the end of the semester.
I dont't need much milk.
We had so much fun in New Year Eve.
Count Noun:
The number of students in class exceeded the maximun occupancy.
how many times has you been in Paris?
I spent many days wating for you, now is late.
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