If someone terribly damages your belongings such as a car and a laptop, angrily you may say, ‘He did a lot of damages to my car.’ There is a problem with the expression because ‘damage’ in this circumstance is an uncountable noun. This means that it rejects the ‘s’ added to the word. No matter how serious the assault is, all the fellow has done is a serious damage or a lot of damage to the item. It does not matter if he or she damaged different parts of the products.
Another common noun tricky to handle is ‘property’, which is also an uncountable noun when considering an object or objects belonging to a person or institution. As rich as Dangote is, we say he has a lot of property, including his innumerable trucks, and mega companies, especially the refinery that will soon come on stream. So, Dangote is always investing in security because he does not want anyone to toy with his property – not properties.