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[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

It's a singular mass noun like sand. Do you say "popcorns"?

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's like fish and sheep. One popcorn, two popcorn, a bag of popcorn.

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You can't say "one popcorn" or "two popcorn" because mass nouns aren't countable. It's just "popcorn" for any amount of popcorn. Notice I said "amount" and not "number" because, again, popcorn is a mass noun and cannot be enumerated. If you want to enumerate kernals of popcorn, you have to say "kernels of popcorn".

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, you can. I just did. Try to stop me.