timonline
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It seems ”clothes” cannot be preceded by a quantity such as “one clothes” or “two clothes”, so in regards to this it should be classified as uncountable noun. But I read in many places, clothes are used with plural form verbs such as “are” and when plural form verb is used it cannot be regarded as a uncountable noun because according to grammer (at least those what I know), uncountable noun is always followed by single form verbs such as "is".
The same question I want to ask about the collective noun “cattle”. "cattle" cannot be preceded by one or two, but is always followed by plural form verbs such as "are". And also "poultry".
And one more question: is noun always classified either as countable or uncountable? Is there a situation where, like in the collective nouns above, some nouns can’t be classified as neither of the two categories? Thanks!
The same question I want to ask about the collective noun “cattle”. "cattle" cannot be preceded by one or two, but is always followed by plural form verbs such as "are". And also "poultry".
And one more question: is noun always classified either as countable or uncountable? Is there a situation where, like in the collective nouns above, some nouns can’t be classified as neither of the two categories? Thanks!