Name: 数えられない英名詞｜よくある文法の間違いやエラーを直す (Uncountable English Nouns | Fix Common Grammar Mistakes & Errors)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T11:18:11.000Z
Duration: 9 min 33 s
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In this lesson we're focusing on English nouns. Why?

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Because so many of the mistakes that you're making in English

are related to the way that you use nouns.

Starting from the top, there are two types of English noun

"yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... Whatever it doesn't really matter!"

It really really does, for a whole lot of reasons!

How to use 'much' and 'many', 'so' and 'such',

'some' and 'any' or 'a little' and 'a few'.

These words all depend on the type of noun

and learning and understanding more about countable and uncountable nouns

will dramatically improve your English grammar!

I guarantee you that some of the mistakes that you're making in English

are because you are treating an uncountable noun like a countable noun,

or a countable noun like an uncountable noun!

Now, I've made a 'cheat sheet' to help you understand these rules

and I'm going to tell you how to download it at the end of this lesson.

In this video we're focusing on uncountable nouns

but you can check out another video on countable nouns right there.

to start talking about countable and uncountable nouns.

It's been a while since mmmEnglish has been in the kitchen,

The easiest way to remember uncountable nouns

is to think about nouns that are difficult to count.

Or things like electricity, money or abstract nouns like

Now, all of these nouns, if you think about it, are difficult to count.

You can't use 'a' or 'an' with uncountable nouns

We can't say "I need a milk" or "give me 3 monies".

But you can use some with uncountable nouns

and that just means 'an amount', but not a specific amount.

"Can you get some rice from the supermarket for me?"

We can also use uncountable nouns without 'some'.

"Can you get rice from the supermarket for me?"

For example, to make pancakes I need to make, I need to have some flour.

but we do need a way to quantify these nouns,

especially when you're cooking in the kitchen.

And that's easy to do when you're talking about countable nouns,

you need another countable noun to help you quantify

And all of a sudden, all of these things can become countable!

Notice how I was using an article with all of those nouns?

Now, this is all great in the kitchen but what about outside of the kitchen,

with nouns like information or happiness or money, luggage, advice!

It's the same idea! A piece of information,

Let's recap on uncountable nouns for a moment.

You can't use articles like 'a' or 'an' with them

You can't say 'an information' or 'two luggages'

Don't forget that you can download this worksheet

to help you practice using uncountable nouns correctly.

Now, there are some uncountable nouns that you'll

these exceptions are related to the context

and just for a moment this is going to get a little bit confusing.

I'm going to help you to understand right now!

and so is the powder that's in instant coffee.

Now, you can count the beans but that's less common.

to tell us some more information about the noun.