HOW IT CAN BE SAID THAT SOUND IS COUNTABLE NOUN

Sound is a countable noun,because sound has two properties amplitude and frequency.

Amplitude can be measured by decibels(dB)

Frequency can measured by hertz(Hz).

So,sound is a countable noun.

                                                                                                                                                         Gracyia Jayachandran

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By using your logic we can also say electricity is countable noun because it can be measured by ampere,also sugar by kilogram......but the above discussed topic says differently

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we cannot count sound but it can be measured.SO we can say sound is uncountable noun.

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Sound can be measured in decibles.

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 Sound is both countable as well as uncountable.We can't count sound so it is uncountable but we can measure the sound so it is also called countable.

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'Sound' is an uncountable noun. It can be measured but not counted. For example, 'fever', 'heat', 'light' etc. can be measured but cannot be counted and so they are uncountable nouns.

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Sound is a countable noun because.For Ex;"The sound of that  drum is very high".In this sentence the sound is countable because it is there is only one word "sound" which is in singular.

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sound is measured and never counted you can't like go out there and start counting sound... it is an uncountable noun...hope it helped..

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It can be said that sound is a countable noun because the countable nouns have their plural forms like " sound can be written as sounds" also. But uncountable nouns like milk, oil, sugar, gold, honesty don't have any plural forms. Hope it helps!
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