Noun divided into two categories:
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Countable nouns
The concept is to get through the index
For example: apple, pencil, student.
It may be the number in the number of two or more noun, a countable noun to add s, such as two apples, three pencils, five students
Countable nouns have singular and plural points :
apple-apples、pencil-pencils、tomato-tomatoes
Nouns plural rules :
1. General end suffix -s, friend-> friends
2. In words s, z, x, ch, sh end, at the end of the word with the suffix -es, bus-> buses
3. Consonant nouns ending in y, y is changed to i, plus -es, candy-> candies
Consonants: 26 letters in the letter is five vowels (a, e, i, o, u), the remaining 21 letters are consonants.
4. nouns ending in -o, if not foreign words or abbreviations, they add -es.
tomato-> tomatoes, hippo-> hippos hippopotamus is the abbreviation for the word, or nouns ending in -o plus es life, non-life plus s premise but also comply with the rules of foreign words and abbreviations.
Countable additive before a (an) or quantifiers . Noun beginning with a vowel an, consonant with a
Quantifier: Some, a bag, a play, a box, a pocket
apple -a / an an apple - a plurality of apples - a box of apples Classifiers
tomato -a tomato -tomatoes -a bag of tomatoes 一包
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uncountable noun:
The number can not be calculated or abstraction
For example: salt salt, coffee coffee, water water, history history, love love
Uncountable noun no plural, singular only characterized by:
salt-salt、coffee-coffee、water-water
不可数名词前不可加a(an).没有复数，但前面可以加量词。
coffee -a cup of coffee 一杯咖啡
总结：什么是名词，表示事物的词。可以是具体的，可以是抽象的，
英语的名词有两种：可数名词和不可数名词，可数的是可以计算，不可数是不可以计算的或者是抽象的，可数名词可以和a/an，数词/量词一起使用。可数名词有复数的变化，复数变化有一定的规则。不可数名词没有复数，用单数表示，可以和量词一起使用。
练习：
He bought me (a box of chocolate ).
一盒巧克力 ，巧克力不可数，巧克力是液体。
(a bike).
一辆自行车