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61. NON-COUNT nouns that can be count nouns in other languages.
Advice anger damage fun information knowledge money permission poetry
62. Singular and plural expressions of non-count nouns.
Following singular and plural expressions are idiomatic.
a piece of advice two pieces of advice
a piece of bread two pieces of bread
a piece of equipment two pieces of equipment
a piece of furniture two pieces of furniture
a piece of information two pieces of information
a piece of jewelry two pieces of jewelry
a piece of luggage two pieces of luggage
a piece of mail two pieces of mail
a piece of music two pieces of music
a piece of news two pieces of news
a piece of toast two pieces of toast
a loaf of bread two loaves of bread
a slice of bread two slices of bread
an ear of corn two ears of corn
a bar of soap two bars of soap
a bolt of lightning two bolts of lightning
a clap of thunder two claps of thunder
a gust of wind two gusts of wind
A folk song is a piece of popular music.
I ordered twelve bars of soap.
Such expressions should be used to express singular and plural meaning.
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