 In addition to definite and indefinite singular generics, there are also bare singular generics, which feature mass nouns in the subject position (Ojeda 1991; Heyer 1987; Bäck 1996, Carlson 2011; Wilkinson 1995). For example, “Gold is a metal” and “Nicotine is highly addictive” are two true bare singular generics. Like definite singular generics, bare singular generics have received less attention than definite singular generics and bare plural generics.