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Generalizations may also be
made with
uncountable nouns. With uncountable
nouns, however,
there are no articles:
Gold is a precious metal.
Rice is a staple food in many
countries.
Water is necessary for life
on earth.
Butter is made from the fat
in cream.
Venison is the meat of a deer.
Patience is a quality I admire.
Notice that in the examples
above, the first
noun (gold, rice, water, butter,
venison,
patience) is uncountable and is used
to make
a generalization. In some of the example
sentences, the second noun is countable
and,
therefore, uses an article: a precious
metal,
a staple food, a quality.
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