Countable & Uncountable nouns 可數名詞和不可數名詞（1）
Countable & Uncountable nouns (1)
可數名詞和不可數名詞（1）
Nouns can be countable or uncountable. When you learn a new noun you should make a note of whether it is countable or uncountable as we use different words with countables and uncountables.
名詞分可數名詞和不可數名詞，當你學習一個新的名詞的時候，你需要記住它是可數的還是不可數的，因爲他們的用法是不同的。
Countable nouns 可數名詞
• There is a cat in the garden.
• There are some birds in the trees.
For positive sentences we can use a/an or some (with a plural verb form) 肯定句裏，我們要用a/an 或者some（跟動詞的複數形式）。
• There isn’t a dog in the garden.
• There aren’t any birds in the tree.
For negatives we can use a/an or any (with a plural verb form). 否定句裏，我們用a/an或者any（跟動詞的複數形式）
• Is there an orange on the tree?
• Are there any chairs in the garden?
• How many chairs are there?
In questions we use a/an, any or how many. 在問句裏，我們用 a、an、any或者how many。
Uncountable nouns 不可數名詞
• There is some milk on the floor.
Uncountable nouns have no plural. The verb form is singular and we use some. 不可數名詞沒有複數形式，動詞形式是單數的，用some修飾。
• Is there any sugar?
• How much wine is there?
In questions we can use any or how much. 在問句裏，我們用any和how much。
Other expressions of quantity 其他關於數量的表達
• There are a lot of apples on the trees.
• There is a lot of snow on the road.
A lot of can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. “A lot of”可以同時用於可數名詞和不可數名詞
• Bill Gates has much money.
Notice that we don’t usually use ‘much’ or ‘many’ in positive sentences. We use ‘a lot of’. 請注意，我們通常不用much或者many在肯定句裏。
• Bill Gates has a lot of money.
• There’s a lot of beer but there isn’t much wine.
• There are a lot of carrots but there aren’t many potatoes.
We use not many with countable nouns and not much with uncountable nouns.
我們用not many+可數名詞和not much+不可數名詞
Some nouns can be both countable and uncountable, depending on how they are used, and some nouns are commonly confused. These are covered in another section.
有些名詞可以既是可數的，也是不可數的，這取決於何時用它們，一些名詞經常讓人感到混淆，我們在下一章再詳細講。
