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* In English, we can count some things, e.g., elephants, stamps, cars. We cannot count other things, e.g., meat, water, music. We call nouns like elephants, stamps and cars countable nouns. We call nouns like meat, water and music uncountable nouns. Most dictionaries use the letters C and U to tell if a noun is countable or uncountable. A countable noun refers to something we can count. Here are some examples. Countable nouns (singular) Countable nouns (plural) an apple a carrot a cake two apples three carrots some cakes We use ‘a’ or ‘an’ before a singular countable noun. If the noun starts w