Some nouns, particularly abstract nouns, have to be followed by a prepositional phrase in order to demonstrate what they relate to. They cannot just stand by themselves. There is usually only one ...

A few nouns are inherently marked for number. Words such as cattle and police are inherently plural. They have no singular form: (15) a. Some cattle are grazing in the neighbor's corn field. b. *Some ...

I have three exams on my birthday. These are known as “countable” nouns. But some nouns are “uncountable”. These are things that are a concept, or not easy to divide. In general ...