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In today's English lesson, Grammar man teaches ESL students all about common nouns that change meaning, depending on whether they are countable or uncountable.
For example:
I like coffee
and
I’d like a coffee.
So, first of all, what is the noun?
coffee…
And is it countable or uncountable in the first sentence?
I like coffee.
This is actually UNCOUNTABLE, and means that: I LIKE COFFEE IN GENERAL.
The second sentence, is COUNTABLE.
I’d like a coffee mean the same as: I’D LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE.
You could say: I’D LIKE 2 COFFEES AND A CAKE PLEASE, maybe if you were ordering at a coffee shop.
2 coffees, 3 coffees, must be countable.
OKAY, so that is what we’re doing in this lesson. Some nouns can be countable or uncountable, and the meaning will change, as per this first example.
Let’s do some more!
Can you pass me a chocolate please.
and
Chocolate is my favourite food!
Alright, so the noun is chocolate.
And the first sentence, chocolate is COUNTABLE.
We know this because we have the article, A, before the noun, and we cannot use the singular articles A or AN with UNCOUNTABLE nouns.
And this just means, can you pass me a piece of chocolate. It’s the same meaning.
The second sentence, ‘Chocolate is my favourite food, this is very similar to our first example with coffee, we are talking about chocolate in general.
Next one:
John has been on a diet, and has lost a lot of weight.
He looks great because he’s also been lifting weights.
Okay, have a think…what is the noun….
WEIGHT.
And is the noun, weight, in sentence 1 countable or uncountable.
In sentence 1 the noun is UNCOUNTABLE.
It’s talking about HEAVINESS.
You can lose 10kg, or 20 kg, kilos is countable,
But you can’t lose 10 weights. You can only lose weight. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN.
The second sentence, He’s been lifting weights, uses the COUNTABLE NOUN-WEIGHT.
This refers to the individual pieces of metal used in weight lifting at the gym.
Is that too light for you? Should I put on 1 more weight?
That’s how that one works.
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