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 ** other pronoun contractions don't use
-=== 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
-* "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"
 **** as in "much water" << one cannot count "water", although "much" indicates a large amount of water