ABSTRACT
Treatment In order to use nouns correctly an understanding of the concept of boundedness is required. Boundedness tells us whether a noun can be counted or not and therefore whether a plural can be formed. e concept is helpful in explaining why some nouns can be both countable and uncountable. To know if a noun can be counted we need to work out whether it has a clear ‘boundary’ and can be seen as a clearly separate thing, either physically or in our minds. In other words, does it have a clear beginning and end?
