 Relying on the +MASS/+COUNT distinction to support any strong metaphysical conclusions has the additional problem that, in many cases, whether we use a mass or count term appears to be almost completely arbitrary (and certainly non-universal, see the next section). The following is a chart which lists many nouns in English and shows how their translations frequently diverge in terms of being +MASS or +COUNT (The following examples are from Pelletier 2001, 2011; Chierchia 1998a, 2010):