QUANTIFIERS WITH COUNT NOUNS WITH NONCOUNT NOUNS (1) A few potato chips (6) A little oil (2) More processed foods (7) Too much salt (3) Fewer vegetables (8) Less fruit (4) Too many potato chips (9) Too much fat (5) N ot enough nutrients (10) Not enough real food The main difference between count and noncount nouns is whether or not the things they refer to can be counted. Count nouns refer to things that can be divided up into smaller units which are separate and distinct from one another. They usually refer to what can individually be seen or heard: table chair word remark finger bottle award candidate Noncount nouns refer to things that cannot be counted because they are regarded as wholes which cannot be divided into parts. They often refer to abstractions and occasionally have a collective meani