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For questions about nouns that are viewed as a "mass" or "whole" that cannot be counted or separated. These nouns usually aren't used in the plural, with the indefinite article ("a" or "an"), or with numbers.
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Why do we say "I love cake" but "I love cars"?
Incidentally, cake is one of those strange words.
I love cake. → I love pieces of large cake.
I love cakes. → I love whole individually sized cakes.
Individual cakes are rare these days except for …
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