Parts of Speech- The Noun
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Classes of Nouns
0 A common noun does not name a particular person,
place, thing, or idea (general). Common nouns are not
capitalized.
0 person
0 woman
0 president
0 park
0 government
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Classes of Nouns
0 A concrete noun names a thing that is tangible (can be
seen, touched, heard, smelled, or tasted). Concrete
nouns are either proper or common.
0 Grand Canyon
0 music
0 Becky
0 fabric
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Classes of Nouns
0 An abstract noun names an idea, a condition, or a
feeling-in other words, something that cannot be
touched, smelled, tasted, seen, or heard.
0 New Deal
0 freedom
0 awe
0 poverty
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Classes of Nouns
0 A collective noun names a group or a unit
0 team
0
crowd0 New York Jets
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Number of a Noun
0 Number indicates whether the noun is singular or plural
0 A singular noun refers to one person, place, thing or idea
0 actor
0 stadium0 Canadian
0 child
0 A plural noun refers to more than one person, place, thing, oridea.
0 actors0 stadiums
0 Canadians
0 children
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Number of a Noun
0 It is important to notice the number of the noun
because it must match with the verb and pronouns
used in a sentence.
0 The children is going to the mall.
0 The truth are going to set you free.
0 The German was upset because their plane was late.
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Gender of a Noun
0 Gender indicates whether a noun is masculine,
feminine, neuter, or indefinite.
0 Masculine: uncle, brother, men, bull, rooster, stallion
0 Feminine: aunt, sister, women, cow, hen, filly
0 Neuter (without gender): tree, cobweb, garage, closet
0 Indefinite (masculine or feminine)
0 president
0 plumber
0 doctor
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Case of a Noun
0 Case tells how nouns are related to other words used
with them. There are three cases
0 Nominative case
0 Possessive case
0 Objective case
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Case of a Noun
0 A possessive case noun shows possession or
ownership.
0 Like the spiders claw, a part of him touches a world he
will never enter.0 - Loren Eiseley, The Hidden Teacher
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Case of a Noun
0 A nominative case noun can be the subject of a clause
0 Patsys heartwas beating very wildly beneath his
jacketthat blackhorse there owed something to the
orphan he had made. Paul Dunbar, The Finish of Patsy Barnes
0 A nominative noun can also be a predicate noun,
which follows a be verb (am, is, are, was, were, be,
being, been) and renames the subject.
0 Mr. Cattanzara was a differenttype than those in the
neighborhood. Bernard Malamud, A Summers Reading
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