Como usar substantivos que não tem uma forma no plural
Alguns substantivos não tem uma forma no plural!
Exemplos: scenery, furniture, wheat, dust, silverware, information, news, luggage, bread, advice, chess, chewing gum, equipment, grass, permission, publicity, rubbish, traffic etc.
• Switzerland is known for its scenery. (Switzerland is known for its sceneries. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• We bought some furniture yesterday. (We bought some furnitures yesterday. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• Have you received any information? (Have you received any informations? - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• I packed my luggage. (I packed my luggages. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• There are no loaves in this shop. (There are no breads in this shop. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Substantivos que não tem uma forma no plural são normalmente tratados como substantivos incontáveis.
A maioria dos substantivos incontáveis tem equivalentes contáveis.
Advice (incontável) - a piece of advice (contável)
Bread (incontável) - a piece of bread / a loaf / a roll
Equipment - a piece of equipment / a tool
Baggage - a piece of baggage
Furniture - a piece of furniture / an article of furniture
Grass - a blade of grass
Information - a piece of information
Lightning - a flash of lightning
Luck - a bit of luck / a stroke of luck
News - a piece of news
Poetry - a poem
Travel - a journey / a trip
Work - a piece of work / a job
• We bought a piece of furniture yesterday. (We bought a furniture yesterday. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• We heard a piece of news. (We heard a news. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• I need a piece of equipment to fix this. OR I need a tool to fix this. (I need an equipment to fix this. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• I am learning a new poem. (I am learning a new poetry. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• He gave me some advice. OU He gave me a piece of advice. (He gave me an advice. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
