Noncount and mass nouns do not have a plural form.

不可数名词和物质名词没有复数形式。

Sometimes nouns can be both mass and count nouns.

有时名词既可以是物质名词，也可以是可数名词。

In some cases, " faculty" is a collective noun, not a mass noun.

在某些情况下，“faculty”是一个集合名词，而不是一个物质名词。

This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about noncount and mass nouns.

本周《名师答疑》，我们回答关于不可数名词和物质名词的问题。

While there are many noncount and mass nouns, we will provide some general rules to help you use them.

虽然不可数名词和物质名词有许多，但我们仍将提供一些一般规则来帮助你使用它们。

Lastly, we do not use the indefinite articles " a" or " an" with noncount or mass nouns.

最后，我们不使用不定冠词“a”或“an”与不可数名词或物质名词连用。

Another example of a noun that can be a mass or count noun is " paper" .

名词可以是物质名词或可数名词的另一个例子是“paper”。

Another word for a non-count noun would be a mass (mass) noun.

不可数名词的另一个词是质量（mass）名词。

We sometimes call them " mass (mass) nouns."

我们有时称它们为“质量（mass）名词” 。

Fewer just, it just doesn't in Standard English it just doesn't go with these mass nouns.

更少， 它只是不符合标准英语，它只是不与这些质量名词一起使用。

The word " money" is normally a mass noun in English: " I would like some money, please" .

“money” 这个词在英语中通常是一个集体名词：“I would like some money, please” 。

You can use " a lot of" with a mass noun but you can't use " several" with a mass noun.

你可以用“很多” 和一个集体名词， 但你不能用“几个” 和一个集体名词。

A mass noun is a noun that does not take a plural form;it's a noun that we don't normally think about as having separate units.

集体名词是不采用复数形式的名词； 它是我们通常不认为具有独立单位的名词。

These are, or can be called simply " furniture." But, " furniture" is a mass noun, meaning you would never say " furnitures, " with an " s" at the end.

这些是，或者可以简单地称为“家具” 。 但是，“家具” 是一个集体名词，这意味着你永远不会说“家具” ，结尾有一个“s” 。

If the word (the object of the preposition) is what we call a " mass (mass) noun, " this is when you use the singular form of the verb: " is."

如果这个词（介词的宾语）是我们所说的“质量（mass）名词” ，这是当你使用动词的单数形式时：“is” 。

The teacher collected the students' final papers. (count noun referring to the students' individual pieces of writing) I need to buy some paper for the printer. (mass noun) Since noncount nouns cannot be counted, numbers are not used with them.

老师把学生的期末试卷收了上来。(可数名词，表示学生们各自写的试卷。)我需要为打印机买一些纸。(物质名词)由于不可数名词不能计数，因此不能与数字连用。