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'''Nouns''' name objects. The noun’s '''number''' tells if it is naming one object or more than one. A ''plural'' noun might be naming plenty of objects but is always naming at least two. A ''singular'' noun is naming only a single object. Boy is a noun that is in the singular number. Boys is a noun that is in the plural number. Different classes of objects are animals, persons, places and other things. The word ''house'' is a noun. <ref>p. 3 Conklin, Benj. Y. ''A Complete Graded course in English Grammar and Composition.'' New York, Boston, and Chicago: D. Appleton and Company.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 02:54, 12 April 2011
Nouns name objects. The noun’s number tells if it is naming one object or more than one. A plural noun might be naming plenty of objects but is always naming at least two. A singular noun is naming only a single object. Boy is a noun that is in the singular number. Boys is a noun that is in the plural number. Different classes of objects are animals, persons, places and other things. The word house is a noun. [1]
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Things not actions, e.g. a tree. [e]
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Words name things, e.g. the word tree. [e]
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Name objects singular and plural, e.g. tree is singular in number; trees, plural. Both words are nouns. [e]
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Tell what something did or does, e.g. “Trees shade.” [e]
References
- ↑ p. 3 Conklin, Benj. Y. A Complete Graded course in English Grammar and Composition. New York, Boston, and Chicago: D. Appleton and Company.