Most nouns are not always count or always mass. They usually fall into more than one category, depending on the way they are used in a particular context. That building contains 16,000 bricks. The professor only speaks one language. Language is only one form of communication.
Television is the most powerful medium of communication .
The Smiths have a television in every room of their house. Coffee is the only thing that gets me going in the morning . The man in the black hat ordered two coffees to go. Articles Articles are used to qualify a noun. The Specific Sense of a noun is used when the writer wants to express an item as one specific member of that type, distinct from all other types.