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room n 1 С part of a house or a building enclosed by walls or partitions, floor, ceiling
2 pi apartments
3 U space that is or might be occupied
4 U scope, opportunity
language n 1 U human and noninstinctive method of communicating ideas
2 С form of ~ used by a people
3 U manner of using words
4 U words, phrases, etc. used by a profession
Of special interest in the EFL teaching should be those English uncountable nouns whose Russian
equivalents have a different reference to number since students' errors can be predicted each time they
will be used.
English uncountable singular Russian uncountable plural
applause аплодисменты
cash наличные
cutlery режущие столовые предметы
hair волосы
money деньги
English uncountable singular Russian countable
advice совет, -ы
gossip сплетня, -и
jewellery драгоценное украшение, -я
knowledge знание, -я
research исследование, я
work работа,-ы
English uncountable plural Russian countable
archives архив, -ы
congratulations поздравление, -я
goods товар, -ы
outskirts окраина, -ы
proceeds выручка, -и
pyjamas пижама, -ы
remains остаток, -и
Nouns can be converted from uncountable to countable, and vice versa
The uncountable form always has a more generalized meaning, whereas the countable form has a more
specified meaning Changing uncountable nouns into countable form usually requires some kind of
container or package or unit measure: water
> a glass of water, advice > a piece of advice, Life is hard
> He had a hard life. On the other hand, changing countable nouns into uncountable forms usually
requires changing them into a more abstract or generalized form: a chair
> furniture, a book > literature,
printed matter, a fact
>
-> knowledge, data
Many nouns meaning materials can become countable nouns when they are used to refer to an amount
of something in a container:
a coffee, a beer, a whisky