Grammar Tips - Count and Non-Count Nouns

Determiner

Non-count Noun	Count Noun
This information	This pen, these pens
That news	That pen, those pens
Little salt, Little soap, Little Intelligence, Little music, Little Information	A lot of theories
Much happiness, Much information, Too Much soap, Too Much information, Much luck	A great number of theories
A lot of fun, a lot of soap, a lot of information, a lot of advice, a lot of sugar	Many pens
Some information, some milk, some water, Some advice,	A lot of theories, some theories
Any Luck, any advice	Any pen, any theory Any pen will do
A large amount of milk, a large amount of sugar	A great number of pens
Less money, less information, less significance, more money, more information, more significance	Fewer pens, more pens

Quantifier

The following can be used with both non-count nouns and plural count nouns

• Plenty of
• Some
• A lot of
• More
• Any
• Enough
• All the

Non-count Noun	Count Noun
Plenty of water, Plenty of men, Some water, some men, A lot of water, a lot of men, more water, more men, any water, any men, enough water, enough men, all the water, all the men
A little water, a little milk, much happiness	X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X	Both men, many men, A few men, several men
	Another man, Each man, Every man

Difference between Determiners and Quantifiers?

Any pen will do (any is a determiner and pen is singular)

Are there any men left? (any is a quantifier and men is plural)