Other nouns that can be either countable or uncountable are:
achievement behaviour control development experience
industry policy power society teaching theory
Remember the uncountable form will be required when the
phrase is referring to the general concept or attribute and not describing specific
kinds or actual instances.
Two nouns that seem to attract this error are ‘competition’ and ‘communication’
The plural form has been used in this first example when the meaning only relates
to ‘competition’ in general.
In this framework, competitions occurring within the industry are targeted
In this framework, competition occurring within the industry is targeted.
Communication is not often used in a singular countable sense (‘a communication’). As a plural it can be used to refer to infrastructure or the field as shown here.
The next section gives an overview of the signalling and communications they
have developed on site.
They studied computer networks and communications at university.