COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS

A count noun is one that can be counted.
book - one book, two books, three books,...
student - one student, two student, three student,...
person - one person, two person, three person,...

A non-count noun is one that cannot be counted
milk - you cannot say:one milk, two milk,...

It is possible, however, to count some non-count mouns f the substance is placed ina countable container.
glass of milk - onne glass of milk, two glasses of milk,...

WITH COUNT NOUN	WITH NON-COUNTNOUN
a (n), the, some, any	the, some, any
Book	Sugar
Student	Water
fower...than	less... than
This,That,these,those	This,that,none
None,one,two,three	none
Many	much
A lot of,a large,a great, a few  è Number of	A large amount of, a little, less-than,more-than

it isvery impotrtant to know if a noun is count or non-count. be sure that you now the plurals of irregular count nouns. the following list contains some irregular count nouns that you should know.

person-people	mouse-mice
foot-feet	tooth-teeth
woman-women	manmen
child-childern