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Uncountable nouns l l l Music Rice Sand Water Money Luck
Usually uncountable l l l l l Accomodation Advice Baggage Behaviour Bread Chaos Damage Furniture Information
Usually uncountable l l l l l Luck Luggage News Permission Progress Scenery Traffic Weather Work
General idea l l l School – not specific school, general idea Dogs – not specific dogs Music – not specific kind of music
Names of people and places l l Africa, Europe, France, New York, Everest, etc. BUT: the UK, the USA, etc – with republic, Kingdom, States and etc.
l l Mr/Mrs/Captain/Doctor etc + a name (Doctor Johnson) Mount (=mountain) and lake + a name (Mount Everest) North, south etc + name of some country (North America) Northern Brazil, South-eastern Spain, etc
l l l Names of most city streets/roads/squares/parks etc. (Times Square) Names of important public buildings (Harvard University) Shops, restaurants, hotels, etc. which are named after the people who started them
l l Forms of transport (I came here by car. ) In exclamations with what + uncountable noun (What disgusting food!) Everyday time (lunch, breakfast) Abstract nouns (love, education)
l l Noun + number (Platform 9 and ¾) Days, Months (Friday, January) Games, sport (tennis) Academic subject (math)
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