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Types of noun

There are several di erent types of noun, as

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Common noun
A common noun is a noun that refers to
people or things in general, e.g. boy, country,
bridge, city, birth, day, happiness.

Proper noun
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A proper noun is a name that identi es a
particular person, place, or thing, e.g. Steven,
Africa, London, Monday. In written English,
proper nouns begin with capital letters.

Concrete noun
A concrete noun is a noun which refers to 13 foreign words that sound rude in
people and to things that exist physically and English
can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, or
tasted. Examples include dog, building, co ee,
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Abstract noun
An abstract noun is a noun which refers to
ideas, qualities, and conditions - things that Unusual words with surprising
cannot be seen or touched and things which meanings
have no physical reality, e.g. truth, danger,
happiness, time, friendship, humour.

Collective nouns
Collective nouns refer to groups of people or
things, e.g. audience, family, government, team,
jury. In American English, most collective nouns 12 synonyms for fool
are treated as singular, with a singular verb:

The whole family was at the table. 'Adverse' or 'Averse'?

In British English, the preceding sentence Which of the following is correct?
would be correct, but it would also be correct
to treat the collective noun as a plural, with a Is the e ect averse or
bene cial?
plural verb:

Is the e ect adverse or

The whole family were at the
bene cial?
table.

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verbs to collective nouns.

 A noun may belong to more than one

category. For example, happiness is both a TRENDING WORDS

common noun and an abstract noun, while

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Count and mass nouns 2. insolation

3. corporate identity
Nouns can be either countable or uncountable.
Countable nouns (or count nouns) are those 4. benignity
that refer to something that can be counted.
Uncountable nouns (or mass nouns) do not
5. MOOC
typically refer to things that can be counted
and so they do not regularly have a plural
form.
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