What is Mass noun?
{{ExamplesSidebar|10em| <!-- OK, there are enough examples now. There is no pedagogical benefit in adding any more. --> * [[advice]] * [[air]] * [[blood]] * [[equipment]] * [[food]] * [[furniture]] * [[garbage]] * [[graffiti]] * [[grass]] * [[homework]] * [[housework]] * [[information]] * [[knowledge]] * [[luggage]] * [[mathematics]] * [[meat]] * [[milk]] * [[money]] * [[music]] * [[pollution]] * [[research]] * [[sand]] * [[soap]] * [[software]] * [[sugar]] * [[traffic]] * [[transportation]] * [[travel]] * [[trash]] * [[water]] }} In [[linguistics]], a '''mass noun''' is a common [[noun]] that refers to an amount, not an item or unit. Common mass nouns are ''water, chocolate, meat, time,'' and ''space.'' Mass nouns are always [[singular]] and [[uncountable]]. The set of uncountable nouns and mass nouns is not identical. There are uncountable nouns, such as ''scissors'' which refer to an item, are plural, and are not mass nouns. In some languages like English, mass nouns have different grammar than countable nouns. Their requirements for [[determiner]]s, for example differ. Other languages, such as Japanese, do not treat mass nouns in any special way. {{stub}} [[Category:Words]]