The noun phrase is a group of words that ends with a noun. It can contain determiners (the, a, this, etc), adjectives, adverbs and nouns. It cannot begin with a preposition. Remember that both subjects and complements are generally noun phrase.
Count and non-count nouns
A count noun is one that can be counted.
Book – one book, two books, three books, ….
Students – one student, two students, three students, …
Person – one person, two people, three people, ….
A non-count noun is one that cannot be counted
Milk – you cannot say: one milk, two milks,
It is possible, however, to count some non-count nouns if substance is placed in a countable container.
Glass of milk – one class of milk, two glasses of milk, ….
Some determiner can be used only with count or non-count nouns, while others can be used either. Memorize the words in the following chart.
| With Count Nouns | With Non-Count Nouns |
| A (n), the, some, any this, that, these, those none, one, two, three many a lot of a large/great number of a few fewer . . . than more . . . than | the, some, any this, that none much a lot of a large amount of a litle less . . . than more . . . than |
It is very important to know if a nouns is count or non-count. be sure that you know the plurals of irregular count nouns. The following list contains some irregular count nouns thas you should know
| person-people foot-feet waman-women child-children mouse-mice tooth-teeth man-men |
The following list contains some non-count nouns that you should know.
| sand news measles food 1 | soap mumps information economics | physics air meat advertising | mathematics politics homework money |
There are too many advertisements during television shows.
There is too much advertising during television shows.
Some non-count nouns, such as food, meat, and sand, may be used as count noun in order to indicate different types.
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