... Hardly any No/not any + uncountable nouns and There were hardly any customers in plural countable nouns the shop + uncountable nouns and There was no milk left plural countable nouns There were no ... NB: these nouns can only take a plural verb: cattle, the people, the police Determiners used with (countable and uncountable) nouns Lots/a lot of + plural countable and uncountable nouns (informal) ... room Uncountable nouns ending in –s Some uncountable nouns end in –s and take a singular verb • Maths, physics, genetics, athletics, news Nouns ending in –s that are always plural Some nouns...