What are Nouns - Lecture Notes - College Composition I | ENG 1010, Study notes of Grammar and Composition

Download What are Nouns - Lecture Notes - College Composition I | ENG 1010 and more Study notes Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! 1 What are nouns? Nouns are words that name persons, places, or things. Nouns answer two questions. • Who? • What? 2 Eight kinds of nouns Proper Common Abstract Concrete Count Noncount Collective Compound •Proper nouns name a specific person, place or thing and always begin with a capital letter. The Cleveland Indians Pepsi Men in Black 5 Noncount nouns refer to masses or quantities that cannot be counted. Pepper snow air iodine A collective noun names a group acting as a unit. jury class team community 6 Collective nouns • Are often singular – The herd stampedes whenever thunder claps. • Sometimes are plural – The herd scatter in all directions. • The family sits on the couch in the living room. • The family sit on the chairs in the living room. A compound noun is made up of more than one word. It may be written as separate words, a single word, or hyphenated. Attorney general Plural: attorney generals Grandfather Plural: grandfathers brother-in-law Plural: brothers-in-law