First, you can only be an abstract noun of uncountable nouns. For example:
Advice, information, happiness, news, progress, injury, work, honor, injury, courage, health and wealth. For example:
Now I want to give you some advice. Now I want to give you some advice.
What is the news? Any news?
Second, they can be both uncountable nouns and countable nouns, and their meanings have not changed in essence. For example:
Hope, fear, science, faith, success, learning and so on. For example:
My only hope is that he can pass the exam. My only hope is that he can pass the exam.
Parents have high hopes for their children. Parents have high expectations for their children.
Third, it can only be an abstract noun that can be counted. For example:
Idea, error, situation, answer, situation, comment, event, statement, etc. For example:
I don't always tell them that they made a mistake. I don't always tell them that they made a mistake.
I made two mistakes in my math exercise yesterday. I made two mistakes in yesterday's math exercise.
Fourthly, abstract nouns that only appear in plural often have other meaning in singular. For example:
Goods (goods), gifts (gifts), wealth (wealth), wishes (wishes), congratulations (congratulations), letters (texts), spirits (feelings), thanks (thanks) and so on. For example:
Where are your manners? Why are you rude?
Congratulations to the winners! Congratulations to the winner!
Thank you for listening. Thank you for listening.
Note: When we say that "abstract nouns such as advice, damage, honor and kindness can only be uncountable nouns", we mean that they can only be uncountable nouns when used in the original meaning, but when they appear in the plural form, their meanings will change fundamentally. For example:
The abstract meaning of abstract nouns
Experience (experience)
Interest (interest; Care)
Goodness (virtue)
Spirit (spirit)
Advice (advice)
Youth (youth)
Damage (damage)
The escape of abstract nouns (concrete meanings)
Experience (experience)
Benefit (benefit)
Commodity (goods)
Spirit (emotion)
Suggestion (message; Quotation)
Youth (young people)
Damage (compensation)
The storm did great damage to the crops. The storm caused great losses to crops.
He claimed a loss of 65,438+0,000.
Because he lost his right arm at work. He asked his employer for 1000 to compensate for the loss of his right arm at work.
In addition, abstract nouns such as surprise, success and pleasure cannot be used with indefinite articles when they are used as original meanings. However, when these abstract nouns are used to refer to a concrete instance (such as once; For a while; For a while; When one equals, it can be used with indefinite articles, especially with modifiers. In this usage, some of these nouns can have the plural form, meaning "multiple; Many times; A variety of "meaning. For example:
We are sure of success. We will succeed.
His new book was a great success. His new book was a great success.
He has had three successes and one failure. He succeeded three times and failed once.