Editing Singulative number (section)

== Comparison with mass nouns ==
A collective form such as the Welsh {{lang|cy|moch}}, "pigs", is more basic than the singular form {{lang|cy|mochyn}}, "a pig".  It is generally the collective form which is used as an adjectival modifier, e.g. {{lang|cy|cig moch}} ("pig meat", "pork"). The collective form is therefore similar in many respects to an English [[mass noun]] such as "rice", which in fact refers to a collection of items which are logically countable.  However, English has no [[productivity (linguistics)|productive]] process of forming singulative nouns (just phrases such as "a grain of rice").  Therefore, English cannot be said to have singulative number.