Navy ladder 310 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Uncountable nouns

Why is luggage an uncountable noun? I'm pretty sure you can count some bags, not like milk. Then wy?

  

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Luggage is a mass noun , like furniture and clothing .

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Luggage is a mass noun, like furniture and clothing.

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navy ladder 310Why is luggage an uncountable noun? I'm pretty sure you can count some bags

You are on the right track. We count bags, parcels, trunks, backpacks, ***** packs and suitcases. "Luggage" though refers to the total aggregate of all of them together.

Put your luggage on the conveyor belt. (That means all of the bags, suitcases, backpacks,