A Noun is a naming word and it acts as an identity of some specific thing. It is used for naming anything we can see, hear, touch, smell, taste, or think of.
Examples: man, noise, fever, chair, scent, milk, death, etc.
A Noun is the name of a person, place or thing. The word "thing" in the connection, is used to mean anything -- living or dead, visible or invisible, tangible or intangible -- we can think of.
Nouns are of following five kinds:
A proper Noun is the name of some particular person, place or thing. Here proper means one's own because it is a person's own name.
- God
- The Holy Quran (a thing)
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (a parson)
- England (a place)
It always begins with a capital letter. And if it consists of two or more words, everyone or them has a capital letter at its beginning.
A Common Noun is a name given in common to every person, place or thing of the same class or kind; as common itself means _________ by everyone.
Examples: man, city, book, men, cities, books.
It begins with a capital letter only when it is placed at the very beginning of a sentence or a line of poetry. Examples:
- Cows give milk
- Birds fly in the air
- Water, water, everywhere
And not a drop to drink
It denotes a group of persons or things, spoken of as one whole. Examples:
An Army: collection of soldiers
A Committee: group of people
A Flock: number of birds.
A Team: group of players
A Crowd: collection of people
If used as a "Subject" it generally takes a Singular Verb.
Example: The jury consists of twelve persons.
But when it denotes the individual members of the group, it takes a Plural Verb.
Example: The jury were divided in their opinion.
It begins with a capital letter only when it is placed at the very beginning of a sentence.
It is the name of a matter or substance of which anything is made.
Examples: gold, silver, iron, steel, cotton, milk, clay, rice
It begins with a capital letter only when it is placed at the very beginning of a sentence.
It is the name of some quality, state or action considered apart from the object to which it belongs; as,
Quality: honesty, truth, bravery, kindness, wisdomState: childhood, death, sickness, slavery, healthAction: laughter, judgment, theft, hatred
Nouns are also classified into two types on the basis of their characteristic related to counting or uncounting.
Countable Nouns: Apple, mobile, bus etc.
Uncountable Nouns: Oil, honesty etc.
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