Re: USAGE: Count and mass nouns

In English uncountable nouns can be divided into two broad categories. The
first is things like liquids and powders whish you view as a mass these are
called "mass-nouns" the other is categories;  thus we talk of pounds,
dollars, zlotties, etc which are countable but the category "money" is
uncountable, likewise tables, chairs and cupboards are all countable
but "furniture" is uncountable.

If I was going to do a conlang that made extra distinctions between
countable and uncountable nouns, I'd split the uncountable nouns into
"mass-nouns" and "categories"

Andrew Patterson.
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