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Good Lucia!
To answer you:
Although they have a plural meaning, most uncountable nouns like this (including news, information, administration, management, advice, accommodation) are singular with no plural form.
However, even though they are singular, we cannot normally use the indefinite article (a/an) with uncountable nouns and instead must use some/any/no, indicating plurality.Some nouns have both uncountable and countable uses relating to more general and more particular instances of use. e.g., time and experience…
Compare the following:
time – a time / times
> There’s no time to lose. We must try to get home before dark.
> There was a time when I went to church every Sunday.
Now there are times when I don’t set foot inside a church for months on end.experience – an experience
> You need quite a lot of work experience to do this job properly and I don’t have very much.
> Walking across hot coals is an experience I shall never forget.