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Serious English
Uncountable Nouns Partitives
marble a block of  / a slab of / a statue of /
margarine a tub of
matches a book of / a box of / a pack of
mathematics a branch of
meat a chunk of / a hunk of / a piece of / a slab of / a slice of
medicine (e.g. penicillin) a branch of / a dose of / a spoonful of / an injection of / a course of / a regimen of
metal a scrap of / a sheet of / a strip of / a wedge of
milk a bottle of / a carton of / a cup of / a glass of / a jug of / a glass of / a litre of / a pint of / a gallon of
mint a sprinkling of / a chevron of
money an amount of / a sum of
moonlight a shaft of / a beam of / a ray of
mud a lump of / a clod of / a puddle of / a clump of
music a piece of / a snatch of / a collection of / a score of
mustard a spoonful of / a jar of / a packet of / a squirt of
news (good news) an item of / a bit of / piece of; (a morsel of) / an article of 
(bad) news a dose of / a report of
newspaper a copy of the-a/ an edition of the-a/ a sheet of
nonsense a load/lot of 
oil a barrel of / a drop of / a film/ a pool/ a squirt/ a streak of
orange a segment of
pain a howl of / a period of / a lot of
paint a blob of / a coat of / a drop of / a flake of / flakes of / a speck of / a splash of
paper a bundle of / a piece of / a roll of / a ream of / a scrap of / a sheet of / a slip of / a strip of
perfume a bottle of / a puff of
petrol a gallon of / a litre of / a tankful of
poetry an anthology/ a book of / a collection of / a line of / a volume of of
rage a bellow of
rain a drop of / a sprinkle of / a deluge of
research a piece of / a collection of / a body of
rice a bag of / a bowl of / a grain of / a box of / a sack of / a field of / a paddy of / a kilo of / a serving of / a scoop of
rock a chunk of / a lump of / a piece of / a slab of / a load of / a pile of
rope a length of / a piece of / a bag of a spool of
rubbish/trash/garbage a bag of / a load of / a pile of / tons of / a dumpster of
rum a tot of / a shot of / a jigger of / a bottle of / a drink of / a splash of / a dash of