NOUN : COUNTABILITY

                              -:NOUN : COUNTABILITY :- 

    Nouns are of two kinds from the viewpoints of countability:

    (a) COUNTABLE NOUNS

    (b) UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

     (a) COUNTABLE NOUNS :- Nouns that can be counted are called Countable

    Nouns. Generally countable noun is the answer to the question, how many ?.

    Examples: a girl,             one girl,           two girls,        four girls, 

                    a book,              one book,        two books,       six books,  etc.

    Q.    How many girls are there?

    A.       There are four girls there.

    Therefore, common nouns and collective nouns are the kinds of Countable Nouns.

     (b) UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS :- Nouns that can not be counted are called

    Uncountable Nouns. Material nouns and Abstract nouns are Uncountable nouns.

    Examples: milk, ink, water, butter, sugar, beauty, etc.