The Grammatical Term:  “Countable Noun” (sometimes mistakenly referred to as a, “Count Noun”*) is a Noun (representing a:  person, place, thing, event, and [sometimes] an idea) which can be “Counted” — and is usually preceded by either a Number or an Article.

Examples Of “Countable” Nouns:

An Awesome Car

One Bad-Ass Apple

The Coolest Teacher In The Universe

Three Hip Dancing Gorillas And A Chubby Crying Baby

Two (Obviously) Very Intelligent Soldiers Who Clearly Know Exactly What They Are Doing
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In these examples — The Articles: A, An, & The — along with the Numbers:  One, Two, & Three — indicate how many of each Noun they are referring to.  These Articles & Numbers are referred to as “Quantifiers” (yes — Articles also qualify as Quantifiers  😉 )…  because they indicate the “Quantity” (how many) of the Nouns there are — or how many they are referring to.

Countable Nouns are different from Un-Countable Nouns (again, mistakenly referred to as, “Non-Count Nouns”) because they refer to individual units.  Un-Countable Nouns are Nouns which refer to things which — when increased in “size” or “amount” — do not necessarily increase in “number“.  Instead — they increase in “mass” or “volume” (which is why some people logically call them, “Mass Nouns”.  However, that term is very un-common.)

Examples Of “Un-Countable” Nouns:

Wine

Sand

Coffee

Many “Un-Countable Nouns” are things which are intangible.  In other words — they are not “physical” things.  Some of these types of Nouns are things like:  Ideas, Philosophies, Feelings, etc..

For Example:

Fright

Pain

Happiness

Because Un-Countable Nouns are never Pluralized, we use different types of Quantifiers when referring to these types of Nouns.  Quantifiers such as:  Some, A Lot, Much, A Little Bit, etc..

To learn more about Un-Countable Nouns in much greater detail, you can view the post specifically about that topic HERE.  And to learn more about Grammar — in a way which is actually Interesting & Entertaining — Click Here.

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