On Sep 4, 2023, at 1:29 AM, Indrajit GARAI
<g33.ind92@gmail.com> wrote:
Mr. Cole:
I bought three books of yours for my 22-year old
French daughter for her English classes: The Article
Book, The Preposition Book, and The Grammar-Writing
Connections.
She needs a book on the use of nouns: as count and
noncount or mass nouns. Can you recommend a reliable
book for this? Or a comprehensive dictionary? The
dictionaries I have checked don't list nouns by
their type.
Regards,
Indrajit
On Sep 8, 2023, I wrote back:
Dear Indrajit:
Thanks so much for buying my books. I couldn't think
of a book just on count and noncount nouns and asked
a friend who couldn't either. She gave me her list
of topics from her old classes. We're both long
retired now.
I remember that Betty Azar's three books Basic
English Grammar, Fundamentals of English Grammar and
Understanding and Usinfg English Grammar had good
chapters on the topic. It's likely that you may
already have these texts, but they are very good.
I'm pasting the relevant chapters below along with
my friend's noncount/count noun.
Again thanks for
using my books and reaching out this way. I really
appreciate it.
Yours,
Tom Cole
He wrote back:
Dear Tom:
Thanks so much for your
detailed response. I really appreciate this.
Meanwhile, I've also found the site
below that provides the answer I was seeking
from you on nouns, so I thought I should share it
with you:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/
I saw you like animals. If you
ever feel like reading one of the two novels
below, please keep me informed:
I'll gladly offer you a copy. You
may read their first pages on Amazon.
In both, I've deliberately
introduced anomalies to reflect how the French
use English, anomalies that others take for
errors, but to a professional like you, they
should be obvious; they are, to other seasoned
readers on Goodreads.
If you ever need any information
on Paris, don't hesitate to ask; I'll try to
help.
Have a great weekend.
Regards,
Basic English grammar
Betty Azar
Chapter 7 Count and Noncount Nouns
7-1 Nouns: count and
noncount 181
7-2 Using an vs.
a 183
7-3 Using a/an vs.
some 185
7-4 Measurements with noncount
nouns 191
7-5 Using many, much, a few, a
little 195
7-6 Using the
199
7-7 Using ? (no article) to make
generalizations 203
7-8 Using some and
any 205
Fundamentals of English Grammar
Betty Azar
Chapter 11 COUNT/NONCOUNT NOUNS AND ARTICLES 290
11-1 A vs. an 290
11-2 Count and noncount nouns 292
11-3 Noncount nouns 293
11-4 More noncount nouns 295
11-5 Using several, a lot of, many/much, and a few/a
little 297
11-6 Nouns that can be count or noncount 300
11-7 Using units of measure with noncount nouns 302
Understanding & Using English Grammar
Betty Azar
CHAPTER 7 NOUNS
7-1 Regular and
Irregular Plural Nouns
7-2 Possessive
Nouns
7-3 Nouns as
Adjectives
7-4 Count and
Noncount Nouns
7-5 Noncount
Nouns
7-6 Some Common
Noncount Nouns
7-7 Basic
Article Usage
7-8 General
Guidelines For Article Usage
7-9 Expressions
of Quantity Used with Count and Noncount Nouns
7-10 Using a
few and few; a little and little
7-11 Singular Expressions
of Quantity: one, each, every
7-12 Using of in
Expressions of Quantity
Here's my friend's stuff. I'm not sure what you can
do with it, but it's what she sent.
A little
information about Non-count and Count Nouns!
The noun for a big group is often a non-count noun.
Non-count⇒ Never use +S (NOT Plural)
(how much, a little)
a little music
a little mail
a little fruit
a little
jewelry
a little
furniture
a little
traffic
a little money
a little work
a little
homework
a little paper
a little (bad)
weather
a little
vocabulary
luggage=baggage
Time (like 10 minutes / 2 weeks)
How much time
How much television
How much exercise
How much sleep
Whole=All
Part
an onion a
little onion
a cake a
little cake
a pie a little
pie
a language a little English
Non-Count
Memorize: a little help, advice, trouble,
news, information, knowledge, work
(how many –s, a few)
songs, tapes, symphonies, CD's
letters, cards, packages, stamps
apples, bananas, oranges, grapes
rings, necklaces, bracelets
chairs, tables, sofas, beds, desks
cars, trucks, busses, taxis
dollars, cents, dimes, rials, pesos
jobs, tasks, chores
exercises, assignments, essays, compositions
pages, sheets, rolls, pieces
storms, floods, tornadoes, a wind
words, idioms, expressions, synonyms, nouns
trunks, bags, suitcases, backpacks
How many times
(begin/finish; begin/finish)
How many televisions (sets)
How many exercises (how much
homework)
How many naps, dreams, nightmares
Animals/Organs count - Food Non-count
cows
beef
lambs
lamb
chickens
chicken
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