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=== Plurality, count distinctions & generality ===
=== Plurality, count distinction & generality ===
* singular v. plural nouns
* plurality = noun shifts from singuar to plural, usually marked by the suffix "-s"
** i.e., ''a dog, two dogs''
* "count distinction" is sometimes called "the grammar of counting"
* regards singular v. plural nouns and distinctions between plural nouns of things than can be individually counted or not
** generally marked by the suffix "s" for plural
** generally marked by the suffix "s" for plural
* "count distinctions" and determiners
* "count distinction" and determiners
** plural nouns that can be counted v. plural nouns that cannot be counted but that represent quantities larger than one
** generally the "count distinction" is between objects and substances
*** plural nouns that can be counted use the determiner "many"
*** objects can be counted and differentiated (one of that object can be isolated from another of that object group)
**** as in "many people" << the number of people can be counted
*** substances that have no set distinction and therefore cannot be counted
** plural nouns that can be counted use the determiner "many"
*** as in "many people" << the number of people can be counted
*** plural nouns that can NOT be counted use the determiner "much"
*** plural nouns that can NOT be counted use the determiner "much"
**** as in "much water" << one cannot count "water", although "much" indicates a large amount of water
**** as in "much water" << one cannot count "water", although "much" indicates a large amount of water