Mass Nouns

 

A mass noun or uncountable noun shows quantity. It should not be counted, as it is treated as undifferentiated unit. 

Some of these nouns are as follows:

Advice

Bread

Furniture

Homework

Information

Luggage

Machinery

Scenery

Soap

Work

[Note: These nouns do not take an indefinite article 'a' or 'an'.  And they have no plural form.]

an advice                        advices

a bread                            breads

a furniture                      furnitures

a homework                    homeworks

an information                informations

a luggage                          luggages

a machinery                     machineries

a scenery                          sceneries

a soap                                soaps

a work                              works (Exception: We may say 'works' which means literary composition. But in case of assignment, it is written as 'work'; not 'works'.)

Usage:

- She gave me an advice. (incorrect)

- She gave me some advice. (correct)

- They want to share so many informations. (incorrect)

- They want to share a lot of information. (correct)

However, we may count these by using these units:

A piece of                            advice

A loaf/ piece/ slice of         bread

A piece of                            furniture

A piece of                            homework

A piece of                            information

A piece of                            luggage

A piece of                            machinery

A piece of                            scenery

A bar/ cake/ piece of           soap

A piece of                            work

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