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11 de oct. de 2019 · A traffic jam refers to a discrete event so it can be counted. Traffic refers to a collective thing and so it can't be counted. The basic answer is that uncountable nouns are uncountable because you can't count them, they don't refer to discrete things and don't have a plural version.
Names for groups or collections of things: furniture, equipment, rubbish, luggage. Other common uncountable nouns include: accommodation, baggage, homework, knowledge, money, permission, research, traffic, travel. These nouns are not used with a/an or numbers and are not used in the plural.
traffic jam Del Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Temas relacionados: Motor vehicles traffic jam ˈtraffic ˌjam noun [ countable ] TTC a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or can only move very slowly We were stuck in a traffic jam for two hours.
traffic jam. Formas de la palabra: plural traffic jams. sustantivo contable B1. A traffic jam is a long line of vehicles that cannot move forward because there is too much traffic, or because the road is blocked by something. We get stuck in traffic jams because we are the traffic.
25 de mar. de 2017 · Jam is a countable noun. You can have multiple jams or traffic jams. In the second example you were delayed by traffic, an uncountable noun. We don't use a or an ahead of uncountable nouns. They can stand alone or be used with the definite article the. (The) traffic was heavy; that's to say the roadway was very busy.
There is no plural for Traffic, so it is not countable. (It's absolutely fine if you want to stop reading at this point to avoid confusion. But to be thorough, I include the following.)
a large number of vehicles close together and unable to move or moving very slowly. atasco, embotellamiento. The snow caused traffic jams all over the city. La nieve provocó atascos en toda la ciudad. I was stuck in a traffic jam for an hour yesterday. Ayer me quedé una hora atrapado en un atasco.
