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Definition of mass noun in English: mass nounnoun Grammar 1A noun denoting something that cannot be counted (e.g. a substance or quality), in English usually a noun which lacks a plural in ordinary usage and is not used with the indefinite article, e.g. china, happiness. 〔语法〕不可数名词。与 COUNT NOUN 相对 Contrasted with count noun Example sentencesExamples - At the same time, their language does have a distinction between count and mass nouns, so that there is the equivalent of the English difference between " { many / * much foreigners } " and " { * many/much manioc meal’.
- Beware of anyone who pluralizes ‘literature’, which is already a mass noun.
- And I also wonder what happens when you have a noun that doesn't need a determiner at all, for example mass nouns such as water, or plural nouns.
- When used in a generic sense, only mass nouns and plural count nouns are able to occur without a determiner or quantifier: Water is colourless, Groceries are expensive, Dogs make good companions, * Dog makes a good companion.
- For example, Mandarin's usage of mass nouns predisposes its discourse to take a more holistic approach to the world than say, English, which demarcates objects more readily.
- 1.1 A noun denoting something that normally cannot be counted but that may be countable when it refers to different units or types, e.g. coffee (I drank some coffee, I ordered two coffees).
物质名词，整体名词 Example sentencesExamples - In the last chapter I largely overlooked the conceptual differences between count and mass nouns.
Definition of mass noun in US English: mass nounnounˈmæs ˌnaʊnˈmas ˌnoun Grammar 1A noun denoting something that cannot be counted (e.g., a substance or quality), in English usually a noun that lacks a plural in ordinary usage and is not used with the indefinite article, e.g., luggage, china, happiness. 〔语法〕不可数名词。与 COUNT NOUN 相对 Contrasted with count noun Example sentencesExamples - And I also wonder what happens when you have a noun that doesn't need a determiner at all, for example mass nouns such as water, or plural nouns.
- At the same time, their language does have a distinction between count and mass nouns, so that there is the equivalent of the English difference between " { many / * much foreigners } " and " { * many/much manioc meal’.
- For example, Mandarin's usage of mass nouns predisposes its discourse to take a more holistic approach to the world than say, English, which demarcates objects more readily.
- Beware of anyone who pluralizes ‘literature’, which is already a mass noun.
- When used in a generic sense, only mass nouns and plural count nouns are able to occur without a determiner or quantifier: Water is colourless, Groceries are expensive, Dogs make good companions, * Dog makes a good companion.
- 1.1 A noun denoting something that normally cannot be counted but that may be countable when it refers to different units or types, e.g., coffee, bread (I drank some coffee, I ordered two coffees; we ate some bread, we bought several different breads).
物质名词，整体名词 Example sentencesExamples - In the last chapter I largely overlooked the conceptual differences between count and mass nouns.
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