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You can count some things, but you can't count others.

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Some of these words are countable.

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They can be singular or plural.

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Some of them are uncountable – there's no plural form of these words.

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And some of them can be either, depending on the context.

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In this sentence, ice cream is uncountable.

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In this sentence, it is countable.

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We use some with plural nouns and uncountable nouns in affirmative sentences.

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We use any with plural nouns and uncountable nouns in negative sentences.

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And in questions.

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We use much, many and a lot of for big quantities.

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We often use much with uncountable nouns in questions and negative sentences.

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We often use many with plural nouns in questions and negative sentences.

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We use a lot of with plural and uncountable nouns in affirmative and negative sentences

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and questions.

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