By Countable or uncountable, Abstract nouns

Not just desire. Very accomplished writers with a fine ear for the language are able to gauge when it is useful to present an apparent uncountable in the plural -- especially when it's a matter of abstract nouns. The majority of us merely competent writers don't typically invent such...

Hoa Thai wrote:First, thank you for your reply. Now if you can help me a bit further, I would appreciate very much.If advice is an uncountable abstract noun, then advices must be wrong, right? (Yesterday, my father gave me his advice. Today, my mother gives me hers. I don't like their two advice...

I am one of those people who learned American English as a second language. American English dictionaries never mention anything about a particular noun being countable and uncountable. I learned mass nouns and abstract nouns, both of which are uncountable. I had thought it was up to an...

Hello Infinity. I'm a mere English learner from Japan, but could you allow me to throw my 2 cents on your question? Frankly speaking, I'd say you'd better give up the hope you could get a conclusive answer to the question. I have raised a similar question before in this forum but I could not...

Yeah, they are countable nouns It depends on the situation, sometimes an abstract noun can be defined as countable if you mean different thing. eg time You can make it a countable noun if you refer to the particular time frame. eg. I came in several times before and each time I saw different...

Example: requirement --> requirements qualification -- qualifications query -- queries Are the above nouns are countable nouns? Can I add "s" after these nouns? Are there any good way or dictionary which can help us to determine if a particular abstract noun is a countable or uncountable noun.