mass nouns

Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of.

数量词；既可用于复数名词也可用于复数计数名词以表明完全缺乏、几乎完全缺乏或零量的。

Firstly, different from other universal quantifier such as all/ suo you, both every and mei cannot be followed by arguments such as mass noun or bare plural nouns directly.

首先，every和每不同于其它全称量词如all/所有，后面不能直接接论元如不可数名词或光杆复数名词。

Under the combined criterion of semantics and syntax, nouns in English fall into four categories, with one group of count nouns and three groups of mass nouns.

文章进一步讨论了可数分类词与不可数分类词的区别及划分标准，并尝试对可数分类词下定义，借此把汉语中的可数名词与不可数名词区分开来。