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count noun
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count noun
Linguistics Logic a noun that can be qualified by the indefinite article, and may be used in the plural, as telephone and thing but not airs and graces or bravery


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Definition Time Count nouns are things that can be divided into smaller distinct units.
Swa man mare spryc[thorn] swa him laes manna gelyfe[thorn] If count nouns are dependent on an overt determinative, the latter must be singular or plural; uncountables must depend on an overt determinative that is neither.
4) Such reclassifications of mass nouns as count nouns also occur in Standard English, of course: "What breads have you got today?
 
 
 
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