2.222 referring to individual items

You can use a partitive referring to things of a certain type when you want to refer to one particular thing of that type.

• ...an article of clothing.
• I bought a few bits of furniture.
• Any item of information can be accessed.

Here is a list of partitives referring to one thing of a particular type:

• article of, bit of, item of, piece of

Here is a list of uncount nouns referring to things of a certain type that are often used with the partitives listed above:

• advice, apparatus, baggage, clothing, equipment, furniture, homework, information, knowledge, luggage, machinery, news, research