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Communication Skills-I

Notes We can use some and any with uncountable nouns:

Examples: 1. I’ve got some money.
2. Have you got any rice?
We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns:

Examples: 1. I’ve got a little money.
2. I haven’t got much rice.

Uncountable nouns are also called “mass nouns”.

11.2.3 Nouns used as Countable as well as Uncountable

Sometimes, the same noun can be countable and uncountable, often with a change of meaning.

Examples:

Countable Uncountable
There are two hairs in my tea! hair I don’t have black hair.
There are two lights in our dining-room. light Draw the curtain. There’s too much light in the
room!
I thought I heard a noise. noise It’s difficult to concentrate when there is too much

noise.
Do you have a paper to read? (= newspaper) paper I want to write a note. Have you got some paper?
Our house has eight rooms. room Is there room for me to sit here?
We had a great time at the party. time Do you have time for a coffee?
Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s work I have no money. I need work!
greatest works.

Notes Drinks (coffee, water, orange juice) are usually uncountable.
But if we are thinking of a cup or a glass, we can use them as countables.

Example: Two teas and one coffee please.

11.3 Writing Names with and without “the”

You must have seen that sometimes the names are written with “the” preceding them and
sometimes, they are written without it. Let us see when to use “the”

1. We use “the” to talk about geographical points on the globe.

Examples: The North Pole, The Equator

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