article before certain nouns

Hi,
I have the noun/word 'correspondence' and it is known by me as an uncountable noun but also, a source has indicated that it is 'a Noun', which could mean it can have the article 'a'. I have seen several cases of this. Does this mean a noun can have an uncountable nature and at the same time have an article before it???

I have this noun 'news' and it is known to me that it only takes 'the' when used to refer to a news program that broadcast news. Does that mean we  can't have 'a news' like in "I heard a news that gave today's weather report"?

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Hi,
I have the noun/word 'correspondence' and it is known by me as an uncountable noun but also, a source has indicated that it is 'a Noun', which could mean it can have the article 'a'. I have seen several cases of this. Does this mean a noun can have an uncountable nature and at the same time have an article before it???

I have this noun 'news' and it is known to me that it only takes 'the' when used to refer to a news program that broadcast news.

 

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1. 'Correspondence' in the sense of mail is an uncountable noun. If the word refers to close similarity or connection between things, it is a countable noun: ...correspondences between Eastern religions and Christianity.

2. "I heard a news that gave today's weather report"? 'News' is uncountable. I have some news for you. .. a piece of news NOT a news