The Dutch are famous for their cheeses . The spring rains came early. It is appropriate to precede these nouns with a definite or indefinite article. Poetry is beautiful. Sugar is sweet.
Experience is the best teacher.
These nouns can be preceded by some, any, enough, this, that , and much . Because they are not countable, these nouns cannot be preceded by these, those, every, each, either, and neither . In fact, many of them cannot be. The section below discusses what happens to an abstract noun when it is pluralized. The griefs of the nation are too much to bear.