英语语法入门：不可数名词

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Some nouns in English are uncountable nouns.英语中有些单词是不可数名词。
        We do not use uncountable nouns in the plural and we do not use them with the indefinite article, a/an.不可数名词没有复数形式，我们也不用不定冠词a/an修饰他们。
        We ate a lot of foods > We ate a lot of food
        We bought some new furnitures > We bought some new furniture.
        That’s a useful information > That’s useful information
        We can use some quantifiers with uncountable nouns:我们可以用某些量词修饰不可数名词：
        He gave me some useful advice.
        They gave us a lot of information.
        Uncountable nouns often refer to:不可数名词有一下类别：
        Substances: food; water; wine; salt; bread; iron
        Human feelings or qualities: anger; cruelty; happiness; honesty; pride;
        Activities: help; sleep; travel; work
        Abstract ideas: beauty; death; fun; life
        Common uncountable nouns常见的不可数名词
        There are some common nouns in English, like accommodation, which are uncountable nouns even though they have plurals in other languages:英语中有许多名词，如accommodation，是不可数名词，但它在其他语言中有复数形式：
       

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        Let me give you some advice.
        How much luggage have you got?
        If we want to make these things countable, we use expressions like:如果想让这些词变得可数，可以用下列短语：
       

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        Let me give you a piece of advice.
        That’s a useful piece of equipment.
        We bought a few bits of furniture for the new apartment.
        She had six separate items of luggage.
        but we do not use accommodation, money and traffic in this way.