语法入门之不可数名词

　　Some nouns in English are uncountable nouns.

　　英语中有些单词是不可数名词。

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

　　不可数名词没有复数形式，我们也不用不定冠词a/an修饰他们。

　　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:

　　我们可以用某些量词修饰不可数名词：

　　He gave me some useful advice.

　　They gave us a lot of information.

　　Uncountable nouns often refer to:

　　不可数名词有一下类别：

　　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

　　常见的不可数名词

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

　　英语中有许多名词，如accommodation，是不可数名词，但它在其他语言中有复数形式：

 

　　英语语法入门：不可数名词

　　Let me give you some advice.

　　How much luggage have you got?

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

　　如果想让这些词变得可数，可以用下列短语：

 

　　英语语法入门：不可数名词

　　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.