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Welcome to EF, mariappan Truth is always an abstrcat noun because you can't put it on the scales and weigh it. It may occasionally be countable, which has nothing to do with being abstract. I may be wrong but I think it's the article (the) that you are concerned with? The article is...

Should I just accept the fact some uncountable nouns, especially those that have abstract meanings, do not go well or don't not fit with a verb showing possession such as 'have'? Yes, you probably should accept that. It's probably a lot easier to memorize idioms with have plus a noun than...

to have control over is the idiom. I have control over; you have control over; he, she, it has control over; ... control is an abstract noun, so it works the same as faith, trust, influence , and other abstract nouns. I have influence over; you have influence over; he, she, it...