Question 48: Why is sheep a countable noun?
Answer: Nouns that refer to objects that we can count
as individual items are called countable nouns. Sheep can be counted --
'one sheep, two sheep, three sheep' (note that the singular and plural are
the same for sheep.)
An example of something that we cannot count
in this way is water. Water is an uncountable noun. We cannot say 'one
water, two waters, three waters etc.' we need to use a measure such as a
'litre'.
问题48:
为什么sheep是可数名词？
回答:
如果名词所指的事物可以被看作个体，该名词就是可数名词。sheep（绵羊）是可以数的 --“one sheep, two sheep, three
sheep” (注意，sheep的单复数词形一致)。water（水）则是不可以数的，所以是一个不可数名词。我们不能说“one water, two
waters, three waters, etc.”。在此，我们需要使用如 “litre”之类的量词
48: 为什么sheep是可数名词？
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