Here is a table of common nouns which are normally uncountable. This means that they don’t have a plural form, nor are they preceded by ‘a’ or ‘an’ (usually). Many are words that you find in the business world, so it’s good to learn them and make yourself and your company look good!
advice | air | art | blood | butter |
data | deodorant | equipment | evidence | food |
furniture | garbage | graffiti | grass | homework |
information | knowledge | luggage | mathematics | meat |
milk | money | music | paper | pollution |
progress | sand | soap | software | sugar |
traffic | transport | trash | water | wood |
For example, you cannot say, “I got some good advices from them.”
We have to say, “We got some good pieces of advice from them” or “We got some good advice from them.”
The same works for ‘information’ and ‘knowledge’. READ MORE