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The word rice is a non-count noun. The only time a plural form is used is when speaking of different types of rices. To use a non-count noun in units, we say a box of rice, a bag of rice, a cup of rice, a bowl of rice, etc.
The noun 'rice' is an uncountable noun, a word for a food substance. Units of rice are expressed as grains of rice, cups of rice, bags of rice, etc.Plural forms for some substances are reserved for 'kinds of' or 'types of' such as 'a dish of two rices' means two types of rice used, basmati and wild.
Multiples of mass nouns are expressed as:cups of rice, bowls of riceteaspoons of sugar, pounds of sugartins of tea, glasses of teapieces of furniture, suites of furnituretons of aluminum, rolls of aluminumvolts of electricity, currents of electricitysome information, pieces of informationbits of news, a lot of newsa little advice, pieces of advicelittle knowledge, a great deal of knowledgea bag of cement, cubic feet of cementPlural forms for mass nouns for substances are reserved for 'kinds of' or 'types of' such as 'a dish of two rices' means two types of rice used, basmatti and wild; a selection of teas, for example black tea, green tea, oolong, and jasmine.
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