Use an uncountable noun in that structure; for plural foods, reverse the structure: ' Beans are my favorite food.'

You have a compound subject, joined by "and." It doesn't matter if the verbs are singular or uncountable - the and-compound subject takes a plural verb. If uncountable nouns in the subject are joined by "or,"

We use THE + singular noun to make general statements about animals and about inventions and discoveries. For instance: Who invented THE bubble gum? The fly is a common insect. The electron is a part of every atom. But, a plural noun or an

Hi Mach 2, thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums! We like to talk about countable and uncountable nouns. (Sometimes a given noun may act one way at one time and the other way at another time.) Both types could involve scalar quantities.

However, what you have made a mistake with in my humble opinion is that the indefinite article isn't used with uncountable nouns. The defintite article (the) can be used with all nouns. Yes, yes, yes. I know that. Maybe I used the wrong words

When we use a singular noun to refer to many instances of the thing we are referring to (or to use for the entire class of such things), it may be uncountable and countable still depending on the definition we use of the word in question?

Hi there, I am from an asian country (korea) and Korean doesn't distinguish countable or uncountable nouns so I have some problem with this concept even though I have been living in english speaking country for 10 years. Now the word

CalifJim wrote: since laughter is an uncountable noun, unlike evening . Unlike evening ? Wow! In that sentence I understand evening as uncountable! (evening-ness?) Aren't all singular nouns in English uncountable when used without articles?

since laughter is an uncountable noun, unlike evening . Unlike evening ? Wow! In that sentence I understand evening as uncountable! (evening-ness?) Aren't all singular nouns in English uncountable when used without articles? CJ

I have gone through a lot of the old posts on the topic any . This is my understanding of any usage. Any can be followed by a plural/uncountable/singular noun. 1. When any is used in interogative or negative form, it is usually followed by a