Assertion: mass noun | /r/Synonym | a noncount noun
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text: A mass noun (also known as a noncount noun) is generally used only in the singular.
text: Mass nouns, Count nouns and Non-count nouns", Draft version of entry in Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics Oxford: Elsevier.
text: Inanimate objects, such as “salt” or “hat”, are technically referred to as mass nouns (uncountable nouns) and should always be singular.
text: A mass noun (also known as a noncount noun) is generally used only in the singular.