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Nouns

A noun is ‘a name word, it is the


name to identify, for example,
people, places and things.
There are four sub-classes of nouns.
These are: Common Nouns, Proper
Nouns, Abstract Nouns and Collective
Nouns.
A Common Noun ‘is any member of
a class of persons, places or things.
Common Nouns are not capitalized.
Examples of Common Nouns are
woman, road, computer, mobile
phones.
A Proper Noun is the ‘name of a
particular person, place or thing.
Proper Nouns are capitalized.
Examples of Proper Nouns are:
Michael, Paris, Beretta,
University of Manila.
Abstract Nouns are ‘intangible
concept’ and ideas. They are
something not seen.
Examples of Abstract Nouns are:
truth, honesty, justice, bravery
and gluttony.
Collective Nouns are ‘a number
of persons or things considered
as one group or whole.’
Examples of Collective Nouns
are jury, crowd, people.
Possessive, concrete, countable,
uncountable, singular and plural
nouns.
Possessive form of noun shows a
relationship between one thing
and another.
That relationship may be, among
other examples, “possession.”
We form the possessive form of noun by
adding an apostrophe plus an “s” or an
apostrophe to a word already ending in
“s.”

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