Examples

Example 1

As the snow fell, the traffic steadily increased, and Dominique knew she'd never get home in time to finish her homework.

Snow, traffic, and homework are all things you can't count. That makes them noncount nouns. (Clever name, eh?)

Example 2

My lawyer gives me terrible advice.

Advice is a noncount noun since you can't count it. Sounds like you can't really count on your lawyer, either.

Example 3

When he checked out, Ross took all of the shampoo and soap from his hotel room.

Neither shampoo nor soap has a definite form, so you can't really count them… even if you can count individual bars of soap or bottles of shampoo. (Yep, bottle is a count noun.)

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