Nouns
A
part of a class of words that can work as the subject or protest in a
development, are regularly formally recognized, as by taking the plural and
possessive endings, and normally allude to persons, places, animals, things, states, or
qualities, as cat, desk, Ohio, darkness.
Or
A noun is a word that identifies:
* A person (woman, boy, doctor, neighbour)
* A thing (dog, building, tree, country)
* An idea, quality, or state (truth, danger, birth, happiness).
There are several different types of
noun, as follows:
A common noun is a noun that alludes
to people or things in general. For examples: country, bridge, city, birth, day, happiness, and
boy.
A proper noun is a name that defines
a particular person, place, or thing. For examples: Steven, Africa, Tower Bridge, London, and Monday. In written
English, proper nouns begin with capital letters.
A concrete noun is a noun which alludes
to people and to things that exist physically and can be seen, touched,
smelled, heard, or tasted. For examples: include dog, building, tree, rain, beach, tune, Tower Bridge.
An abstract noun is a noun which alludes
to ideas, qualities, and conditions - things that cannot be seen or touched and
things which have no physical reality. For examples: truth, danger, happiness, time, friendship, humour.
Collective nouns allude to groups of
people or things. For examples: audience,
family, government, team, and jury.
Collective nouns can usually be treated as singular or plural, with either a
singular or plural verb. Both the following sentences are grammatically
correct:
The whole family was at the conference.
The whole family were at the conference.
A noun may belong to more than one
category. For example: happiness is
both a common noun and an abstract noun, while Tower Bridge is both a concrete noun and a proper noun.
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