Nouns as Part of Speech – Further Classification and rules to use them:

Nouns as Part of Speech – Further Classification and rules to use them:

• 1. Countable nouns- These are the nouns that can be counted are considered as individual and separable items. To the linguists, these countable nouns can occur in both single and plural forms. They can be modified by numerals and can co-occur with quantificational determiners like many, most, more, several, etc.
  Example – Pens, tables
  ⇒ We can use countable nouns with the indefinite articles a and an, which indicate one person or thing.
  Example – a notebook, an apple
  ⇒ We can also use countable nouns with the plural form of the noun.
  Example – three men, several mangoes, 12 apples
• 2. Uncountable nouns- Nouns which cannot be segregated, measured and counted as individual units or elements. E.G. water, information, money
  • Uncountable nouns cannot take an indefinite article (a/an), nor can they be made plural. They are also called as Mass Nouns.
  Examples are as follows:
  1. Incorrect – Would you like a coffee?
     Correct – Would you like coffee?
  2. Incorrect I have an information.
     Correct I have some information.
• 3. There are also other kinds of nouns which can be classified as –
  • Masculine – Ramesh, tiger
  • Feminine – Nisha, cow
  • Neuter – table, mansion