Is technology a mass noun?

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago


I am wondering if the sentence below is correct:

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Can you also use it without an s to s://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/mean">mean the exact same thing?

I hear both of them, so I s://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/thought">thought they were synonymous.

The company transferred critical 5G technology to one of its partners in order to make it's supply s://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/chain">chain more efficient.

Also, do you need to put an article before, like "the"?

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manpreet 2 years ago

Technology can be a mass noun, or a countable noun. There is a subtle difference.

As a mass noun, it refers to technology in the abstract. "5G technology", as a mass noun phrase, refers to all technology related to 5G as one collective abstract, or (depending on context) to some unspecified element of technology related to 5G.

As a countable noun, it refers to a discrete element of technology. For example, one 5G technology might be the so-called "Massive MIMO" antennae.

In practice, these will often be interchangeable, but there is a difference in meaning.

Oh, and whether or not you need an article depends on context. In both of your examples, there's no need for an article.


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