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4. Most nouns ending in -ing. Exceptions include "building," "feeling," "dealing," "wedding" and
"helping" when it means a portion of food; "a saving" is economy, but "savings" is an amount of money;
"furnishings" is always plural.
camping               parking
clothing                shopping
dancing               smoking
hiking                   studying
learning                 trying
lightning                waiting
5. Many abstract nouns including those ending in -ness, -ance, -ence, -ity:
beauty                  peace 
equality                 plenty 
happiness               sanity 
ignorance               serenity 
importance              selfishness 
obsolescence            verbosity
6. Names of branches of human learning ending in -ics:
acoustics                  politics
linguistics
mathematics            physics
phonetics                 statistics
Another group of uncountable nouns occurs only in the plural form. They can take the definite article
or no article at all in front of them; no numerals can be used with them. Here is a list of common plural
nouns:
archives                  particulars
congratulations          proceeds
contents               remains
goods                   surroundings
odds                  thanks
outskirts                whereabouts
Some plural nouns refer to items of clothing and other objects consisting of two parts:
braces                   binoculars
breeches                  glasses
jeans                     pincers
knickers                   pliers
leggins                    scales
pants                      scissors
pyjamas                shears
shorts                     spectacles
tights                     tongs
trousers                  tweezers
"A pair of is used to show that one item is meant.
Many nouns are countable (C) in one meaning and are uncountable (U) in another. 
paper n 1 U substance manufactured from wood fibre, etc.
2 newspaper
3 U ~ money, banknotes
4 pi documents showing who sb is
5 set of printed examination questions on a given subject
6 essay, esp one to be read to a learned society
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