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Child Designates A Person Therefore, Child Is A Noun.: Signal Words
Child Designates A Person Therefore, Child Is A Noun.: Signal Words
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Child designates a person; therefore, child is a noun.
Similarly, democracy designates an idea; therefore, democracy is a noun.
In addition, nouns can be identified by the presence of signal words such as the.
Word order can also provide clues about nouns. For example, in the following
sentence, it is clear that the part of speech that will fit into slot #1 and slot #2 must be
nouns:
Often, suffixes will suggest that a word is a noun. For example, -tion, -ness, ment, or -er at the end of a word usually signify that the word is a noun, as
in suggestion, happiness, involvement, and diner.
Nouns may be made plural, usually with the suffix -s or -es, as in books and foxes.
Nouns show ownership with the addition of an apostrophe and, sometimes, an
additional -s, as in a book's pages, twenty students' essays.
Common nouns such as school, business, or person designate an entire class.
Proper nouns, on the other hand, designate a specific example of a class: Towson
University, Black and Decker Company, Joe. Proper nouns are capitalized.
Nouns may be countable (1 fork, 2 forks, 3 forks, etc.) or non-countable (sugar, oil).
Nouns may signify concreteness (computer, fingernail) or abstractness (peace,
friendship).
Functions of Nouns
Subject (S) - a noun or pronoun partnered with a predicate verb.
A subject
1. does an action with an action verb
Direct Object (DO) - a noun or pronoun answering "whom" or "what" after an action
verb. A direct object "receives" or is the "object" of the action.
Retained Object (RO) - a noun or pronoun answering "whom" or "what" after a passive
verb.
Indirect Object (IO) - a noun or pronoun answering "to whom/what" or "for whom/what"
after an action verb.
An indirect object
When an appositive is not placed next to the noun it renames, the appositive
is called a delayed appositive.
It (to