NOUN PHRASES, Countable and uncountable noun

NOUN PHRASESA phrase (= phrase) is a group of words in which there is one main word (= headword) with other words to explain the principal said.Objects phrase (Noun pharases):An object phrase is a phrase in which the word is a noun primarily with other words that describe the noun.Word or words that describe this could be situated in front of or behind the noun.Formation of Objects phrase:Objects can be in the form of phrases with wording as follows:1. a) Idefinite Article + Nounthat the purpose of the article is the word Idefinite (clothing) a and an.Example: a truck an examination an investmentThe series says a truck is a noun phrase, a noun describes truck; truck is the head (headword) in the phrase, a word is a word that describes the head.Explanation:# A or one's means (a, a, a, a, etc.) and put that in front of the noun explained.# A is used when the word that follows begins with the sound off, for example: a man, a star etc.. An berikunya used when the word beginning with the sound of life, for example: an astrich, an exam, etc..# A or an only followed by kat objects that can be counted (countable nouns) and a number one or a singular noun (singular).b) Definite Article + Nounis the definite article is the word clothing.Example: the ship the soup the cars the modelsSeries of words he said above is the phrase object. The noun menarangkan ship, soup, cars models. Words ship, soup, cars, models are the words of the head; explained the chief said.Explanation:# The often interpreted: the, the, earlier.# The objects that can be followed by one or a number of single, for example, the sea, the process, etc., or followed by the object of more than one or plural, as the people, the poets, etc., and can also be followed by an object that is not can be calculated, for example, the water, the nitrogen.

c) Demonstrative Adjective + Nounis a demonstrative adjective is a word this, these, that, and those.Example: This song That poem those disastersThat these tragedies this liquid strangerExplanation:# This and that is used when a single object or if the object can not be calculated; these and those when the object plural.

d) possesive Adjective + Nounis a possessive adjective is a word that states the owner of something, for example my, yours, his, her, its, our, their, jean's, Mr.Jones', dab.Example: Her computers your ideas brittany's questionExplanation:# A person or thing to be the owner of something expressed by 's, such as Han's house, the sun's energy, etc..# If the owner is over with-s, just add a sign (') no-s, for example, Hans' racket, students', and so on.2. Numerals (the numbers)The meaning of numerals is one, two, three, ten, etc..Example: two tympanis (= two timpani)Four members (= four members)Three guest (= three guests)

3. Quantitative adjective + NounIs a word which specifies the number of an object, for example, some, any, much, many, a lot of, few, a little, and so on.Example: some much wine many marvels wifeExplanation:# Some and any means 'some' or 'a little'. Some are used to explain any and all objects (singular, plural, countable, uncountable).# Mean much and many more. Much to explain uncountable nouns; many for countable nouns.# A lot of things to explain the plural and uncountable nouns.# Few and a little mean little (less than some or any). Few to explain plural nouns: a little to explain uncountable nouns.4. Qualitative adjective + NounIs a word that shows the nature or state of an object, for example: white, large, important, harmless, etc..Example: clear sky kind treatments underpaid worksNoun phrase with the formation ofOf is used to merge two nouns or noun phrases, which are in front of the noun is part of or belongs in the back of noun and noun phrases to form a new whole; phrase this thing can still be connected to the other of the phrases to infinity.Example: the roof of the house (= roof of the house)

                                                



                                                   


 Explanation Countable and uncountable noun - On this occasion, the authors present grammar explanation on Countable and uncountable noun. Must have been many who know what it Countable noun or uncountable noun, because of the differences and similarities are apparent from its name. Countable (Count + able) noun is a noun that can be counted, while uncountable (count + + Un able) noun is a noun that can not be calculated.Countable NounsCountable nouns are the names of separate objects, ideas, etc. that living things can be calculated. There are three characteristics of countable nouns, namely:1. Course can be counted.

    One book
    Two books
    Five bags
    A pen2. Has a plural form (plural) are marked with the suffix -s/-es, or with irregular shapes.

    A book into two books
    A glass into three glasses
    A child being five children

 3. In front of nouns can be used contable a / an

    A dictionary
    An actor
    A bookUncountable nounsWhile called uncountable noun, or also can be called non-count noun or a mass noun is the name of the material, liquid, abstract objects, collections, and other objects which we see as an object without clear boundaries and is not a separate objects.Examples of uncountable nounsBelow is an example of a noun which is generally used as uncountable nouns.1. Group of several similar objects, such as furniture noun is uncountable noun as furniture used as a term to describe all kinds of things belonging to furniture such as chairs, tables, and other sebaginya. The other examples are: Furniture, food, fruit, clothing, junk, jewelary, equipment, postage, baggage, grabage, hardware, luggage, machinery, mail, makeup, etc.2. Noun liquid (liquids / fluids), such as: Water, coffee, tea, milk, oil, soup, gasoline, blood, etc.3. Said solids (solids), such as: Ice, bread, butter, cheese, meat, gold, iron, silver, glass, paper, wood, catton, etc.4. Noun gases (greenhouse gases), such as: Steam, water, oxygen, nitrogen, smoke, pollution, ect.5. Noun consisting of small objects that are difficult to quantify (particles), such as: Rice, corn, dirt, flour, grass, dust, salt, sand, sugar, wheat, ect.6. Abstract nouns (abstractions), which is realized as a noun can not be perceived by our senses, but the noun form of ideas, gagasa, which only exists in our minds, such as: Beauty, confindence, courage, education, fun, enjoyment, health , time, information, news, space, grammar, vocabulary, work, homework, ect.7. Diversity of languages ​​(languages), such as: Arabic, Indonesian, English, Chinese, Spanish, ect.8. The names of the subjects (field of studies), such as: Chemistry, mathematics, literature, psychology, history, engineering, scinetis, ect.9. The names of activity (activities), such as: Swimming, driving, singing, dancing, ect.10. The names of the appearance of nature (natural phenomena), such as: Weather, fog, heat, lightning, rain, snow, thunder, wind, darkness, light, sunshine, fire, gravity, humidity, ect.
The characteristics of uncountable nounsThe following are characteristics of uncountable nouns, check this out:1. Uncountable nouns can not be calculated and thus can not be preceded by the word number, for example through:

    I need milk. No, I need two belong.
    I am dirnking water. No, I am drinking water one.2. Uncountable nouns have no plural form (plural) with the suffix-s /-es as a marker, for example:

    We drink some coffee. No, We buy some coffees.
    My mother needs some milk. No, My mother needs some milks.3. Indifinite uncountable nouns do not use the article a / an, for example:

    I like coffee. No, I like a coffee.
    He likes music. Instead, He likes a music.Being Revamped uncountable Countable NounIn uncountable nouns we can set its countable noun by adding restrictions on the uncountable nouns. So uncountable nouns which was not in the right countable, if it gets clear boundaries, then the uncountable nouns can be countable-kan, for example:I need tea (uncountable) be I need a cup of tea (countable)I drink milk (uncountable) I drinkk into a glass of milk (countable)A cup of, a glass is an example of the added restrictions if you want to change the uncountable nouns into countable nouns. In the following is a list of uncountable nouns and the corresponding limits for each of the noun.1. Uncountable nouns to nouns molten (liquid):

    A liter of ... (A liter), for example: There is a liter of water in the kitchen.
    A gallon of ... (A gallon), for example: There is about a gallon of water in the bathroom.
    A glass of ... (Glass), for example: I need a glass of water.
    A cup of ... (Cup), for example: My little brother always brings a bottle of milk to school every day.
    A bottle of ... (Bottle), for example: I always drink a cup of coffee in the morning.
    A can of ... (Tin), for example: There is a can of beer on the table.2. For the noun form of the word solids (solid):

    A piece of ... (A), for example: I am eating a piece of cake.
    A lump of ... (Lump), for example: We still have a lump of sugar.
    A bar of ... (A), for example: We want to but a bar of chocolate.
    A blade of ... (Sebilah / a), for example: Who put a blade of grass in the table?
    A speck of ... (A), for example: I saw a speck of dirt on your skirt.
    A block of ... (A / hunk), for example: We need a block of ice.
    A sheet of ... (A), for example: Do you need a sheet of paper?
    A flash of ... (Particle), for example: I could see a flash of lightning in the darkness.
    A pile of ... (Stack), for example: There is a pile of rubbish beside the street.
    A strand of ... (A), for example: There is a strand of hair in your shoulder.
    A grain of ... (A), for example: The bird is eating a grain of wheat.


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