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English The Easy Way : English Grammar : NounsNouns
What is a noun? The definition of a noun is a word that is used to define a person, animal or living object, place, thing or quality. There are many different kinds of nouns in English. Common nouns - general nouns such as cat, bowl, hand, tree clock etc. Countable nouns - nouns that can be counted, such as car-cars, child-children etc. Uncountable nouns - nouns that can't be counted, such as water, fire, air etc. Collective nouns - nouns that refer to a group of things or people such as family, police, worker's union etc. Proper nouns - nouns that refer to a specific name of a person, corporation, company, product, such as IBM, Microsoft, Mr. David Green, Dr. Mary Jones. Concrete nouns - a noun that is a physical object, something that can be touched, seen, such as an animal, window, table, computer etc. Abstract nouns - is a noun is not a physical object, it can't be touched physically. They are ideas and feelings such as intelligence, love, hate, bravery etc. English The Easy Way : English Grammar : Nouns
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