Sometimes a noun looks like it should be plural when it isn’t. Chances are that this noun is called a mass noun. Mass nouns are nouns that, by their very nature, are plural. These are also called ...

I guess some users of the English language have what I will call ‘respect’ for certain words. So, whenever they are using the terms, they try to demonstrate this by all means. One easy way they do so ...

When we use an abstract uncountable noun to make a general statement, we don’t use the. When we use an abstract uncountable noun to refer to a specific example of a noun, we use the before the noun.

A school of fish is a collective noun that refers to a specific group of things, animals, or people, all with a singular form. Credit: Georgette Douwma/Getty Images There are more than ten different ...