mass noun

Examples of mass noun in the following topics:

• Subject-Verb Agreement

  • When two nouns differing in number are joined by the word "or," the verb should take the form of the noun closest to it.
  • Mass nouns, like "water" or "mud" are neither singular nor plural.
  • Mass nouns represent a generic, unknown amount of whatever they are.
  • [The subject baggage is a mass noun, so the verb was is singular.]
  • Amounts take singular verbs because they are treated as units, which are singular nouns.

• Making Subject and Verbs Agree

  • Some nouns are mass or non-count nouns, meaning that they are neither singular nor plural.
  • Mass nouns always take singular verbs, even if the noun represents an object that may be plural.
  • If a sentence has a compound subject, you should use a plural verb even if all the components of the subject are singular nouns.
  • When two nouns differing in number are joined by the word "or," the verb should take the form of the noun closest to it.
  • "Characteristics," thus, is the noun that should agree with the sentence's verb.

• Nouns derived from Nouns

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• Nouns Derived from Verbs

• Nouns derived from Verbs

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• Adjectives derived from Nouns

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