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2. Noncount or mass nouns take verbs in the third person
    singular.

Love is grand.

Playing chess was his favorite pastime.

Honesty demands courage.

3. Some nouns can be either count or noncount depending
    upon the emphasis. When acting as concrete items or examples,
    they are count nouns. When they stand for a class, they are noncount.

Count:   Margarete and I saw two films today.

Noncount:    Margarete and I are majoring in film.

4.Count and noncount nouns use different articles and determiners.

With count nouns:    many, few, a few, each, every, several

With noncount nouns:    much, little, a little



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