Como usar substantivos que não tem uma forma no plural

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

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