How to count uncountables?

The uncountable nouns in the English language pose a lot of problems even to the advance learners of English.

The basic definition of an uncountable noun is that it cannot be counted.  Furthermore, you cannot put an indefinite article before it or pluralize it.

Even if the non-native speaker identifies uncountable nouns,  he or she is not able to count them but there is certainly a way to do that. For example:

1. You cannot say “an information” but you have to  say “a piece of information” or if they are more, “Two pieces of information”.
2. As above, you can give a piece, a bit or a word of advice.
3. In Urdu, we say “khabrain” the plural of “khabr”. In English you have to say a piece of news or an item of news.

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