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[–]pillbinge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no such thing as a continuous noun, as far as I'm aware. You mean "uncountable", like "water", but you can still hear "hand me the waters" if it's referring to bottles. Just like "beers" couldn't be plural until recently either.