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count nouns

  • plural
    of count noun.
    count noun
    noun
    a noun, as apple, table, or birthday, that typically refers to a countable thing and that in English can be used in both the singular and the plural and can be preceded by the indefinite article a or an or by a number. For example, we can say an apple, four tables, or my 18th birthday.

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English speakers can conceptualise aggregates as discrete things, which are expressed as plural count nouns, such as "pebbles" or as continuous substances, which are expressed as mass nouns, such as "gravel".

From The Guardian Aug. 15, 2014

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