英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法入門：不可數(shù)名詞

　語(yǔ)法入門之不可數(shù)名詞

　　Some nouns in English are uncountable nouns.

　　英語(yǔ)中有些單詞是不可數(shù)名詞。

　　We do not use uncountable nouns in the plural and we do not use them with the indefinite article, a/an.

　　不可數(shù)名詞沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式，我們也不用不定冠詞a/an修飾他們。

　　We ate a lot of foods >We ate a lot of food

　　We bought some new furnitures >We bought some new furniture.

　　That’s a useful information >That’s useful information

　　We can use some quantifiers with uncountable nouns:

　　我們可以用某些量詞修飾不可數(shù)名詞：

　　He gave me some useful advice.

　　They gave us a lot of information.

　　Uncountable nouns often refer to:

　　不可數(shù)名詞有一下類別：

　　Substances: food; water; wine; salt; bread; iron

　　Human feelings or qualities: anger; cruelty; happiness; honesty; pride;

　　Activities: help; sleep; travel; work

　　Abstract ideas: beauty; death; fun; life

　　Common uncountable nouns

　　常見的不可數(shù)名詞

　　There are some common nouns in English, like accommodation, which are uncountable nouns even though they have plurals in other languages:

　　英語(yǔ)中有許多名詞，如accommodation，是不可數(shù)名詞，但它在其他語(yǔ)言中有復(fù)數(shù)形式：

　　英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法入門：不可數(shù)名詞

　　Let me give you some advice.

　　How much luggage have you got?

　　If we want to make these things countable, we use expressions like:

　　如果想讓這些詞變得可數(shù)，可以用下列短語(yǔ)：

　　英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法入門：不可數(shù)名詞

　　Let me give you a piece of advice.

　　That’s a useful piece of equipment.

　　We bought a few bits of furniture for the new apartment.

　　She had six separate items of luggage.

　　but we do not use accommodation, money and traffic in this way.