Nouns after the, a/an and numbers
There are some words that go with both countable and uncountable nouns. One of these is
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We can say the ship (singular), the ships (plural) or the water (uncountable).
But other words go with one kind of noun but not with the other.
COUNTABLE
A/an or one goes only with a singular noun.
I need a spoon. Numbers above one go only with plural nouns. We eat three meals a dav.
UNCOUNTABLE
We do not use a/an with an uncountable noun.
NOT A WATER and NOT A-music. We do not use numbers with an uncountable noun. NOT three feeds
Uncountable nouns are always singular and are not used with a/an:
I don't want (any) advice or help. I want (some) information.
He has had no experience in this sort of work.
These nouns are often preceded by some, any, no, a little etc. or by nouns such as bit. piece, slice etc. + of:
a bit of news, a grain of sand, a pot of jam
a cake of soap, a pane of glass, a sheet of paper
a drop of oil, a piece of advice