The Count Noun Recognize a count noun when you see one. Nouns name people, places, and things.
Many nouns have both singular and plural forms.
If you can add a number to the front of a noun and put an -s at the end of it, you have a count noun. Jeremy, an impolite pig, grabbed all seventeen cookies off of the plate. Cookie is a count noun. You can have one cookie, or you can be a pig like Jeremy and have seventeen cookies . Remember that some nouns are noncount .