Some nouns in English are uncountable nouns.
英語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:
英語中有許多名詞，如accommodation，是不可數(shù)名詞，但它在其他語言中有復數(shù)形式： 英語語法入門：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：
英語語法入門：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.
