Talk:Count noun

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I disagree with the discussion of count noun in this article. If a classifier or measure word must be used, then it seems to me that it is a mass noun ( i.e. the noun itself cannot be counted ). For example, furniture is a mass noun, even though it is commonly counted using the measure word 'piece': Two pieces of furniture .

The concepts explored by the example of a corporation is a different one: that is, the difference in the semantics of corporation as a singular noun and corporation as a plural noun. That is a different discussion, which doesn't seem to belong on the count noun page -- or if it does, it shouldn't comprise the majority of the article. -- Olof

The distinction between a mass noun and a count noun can have little to do with the noun's referent, as in the "furniture" example.

"Clothes" is a mass noun, it seems. -- User:Juuitchan


I agree with the objections above, so I changed the definition of count noun and removed some of the discussion in the previous version. For example, "Enron corporation" is not really a mass noun, it is either a proper name, or a collective noun. I think it is interesting to have some discussion of Mandarin Chinese, but I think the entry for "count noun" should reflect how other languages work, too. User:Neither

[edit] Reduntant entries: mass noun/count noun

It seems to me that the entries for mass and count nouns ought to be collapsed into one, and one of them should be replaced entirely by a redirect. A lot of the information is repeated in these two entries. If nobody objects, I will do this in the near future. Neither 17:57, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't object, but FYI, it's usual to add merge notices ({{merge-from|other article|date=October 2006}} and {{merge-to|other article|date=October 2006}}) to the two articles. Ruakh 22:47, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
OK, thanks, will do. Neither 22:50, 22 October 2006 (UTC)