Noun part1

A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing (object, animal, idea, action, quality, feeling, or event). The term "noun" means "name."


All people have names such as a family name, a given name, and probably a middle name. Each of names is a noun. You also have other names like a student, a teacher, a worker, a boy, a woman, a brother, a sister, a father, etc. These words are nouns. They are names given to people.


Places, too, have names such as state, county, province, lake, market, etc. They are names of places. Things have names also. You can look around and you will find things like computer, paper, pan, glasses, table, etc. Things like trees, grass, fish, and house are nouns. So are qualities like wisdom, truth, etc. So are feelings such as fear, love, happiness, and joy. Event too, such as the ceremony, party, meeting and so forth. All these words are nouns. They are names of things.


Sometimes a noun is a group of words.
EXAMPLES: ice cream, metal box, rain forest, washing machine, etc. Since these words go together to make sense, each group of words is consider as a noun. '' ice cream'' is one noun.


PROPER, COMMON, AND COLLECTIVE NOUNS


A proper noun names a specific person, places, or thing and always begins with a capital letter. EXAMPLES: Mike, Adam, Indonesia, Japan, English, October, etc. Names of street, city, state, or province, and nation are proper nouns. EXAMPLES: 12 Mario Street, Jakarta, Nuri Street, etc. Names of mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, or oceans are also proper nouns and should begin with a capital letter. EXAMPLES: Mount Everest, Nile river, Dead sea, etc.

A common noun is a word that names any kind of person, places, or thing.
EXAMPLES: man, woman, river, lake, city, month, day, language, etc.
A common noun never begins with a capital letter except at the beginning of a sentence or when used with a proper noun.
The word ''river'' and ''mount'' are common nouns, but when they are used to specify a certain river or mount, they become proper nouns and are capitalized. EXAMPLES: Nile river, Mount Batur.
A collective noun refers to a group of people or things that are bound together as a unit. A collective noun is singular in form, but refers to more that one. EXAMPLES: crew, team, fleet, flock, herd, jury, litter, swarm, school, etc. >>

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