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A noun is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.

Compound nouns

Compound nouns are words where two nouns have been stuck together to make a new noun. Compound nouns should be written as one word, without a hyphen.

Candlestick

Generic nouns

Generic nouns are nouns that are part of a generic statement. Generic nouns can be singular or plural. The opposite of generic nouns is collective nouns.

The difference between definite/indefinite and generic nouns is that in the sentence there must be a blanket statement or question.

Cat are animals.

Proper nouns

Proper nouns are the names of specific people or places. They should always begin with a capital letter.

Paris
Mary

Concrete nouns

A concrete noun is a noun that can be identified through one of the five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell).

Rainbow

Possesive nouns

Possessive nouns are nouns which possess something, normally another noun.

The cat's toy

Countable/Uncountable nouns

Countable nouns are nouns that can be counted, even if the number might be extraordinarily high.

Uncountable nouns are nouns that come in a state or quantity which is impossible to count; liquids are uncountable, as are things which act
like liquids.

Uncountable: Rain
Countable: Cat - Cats

Common nouns

Common nouns are words for people, places or things that aren’t specific (as opposed to a proper noun which refers to only one person, place or thing).

Common nouns can be countable or uncountable, singular or plural.

Country
Girl

Collective nouns

A noun which refers to a group of things/people.

Family
Class

Abstract nouns

A noun which cannot be identified by using one of the five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell).

Anger

Irregular nouns

Irregular nouns are nouns which don’t follow a spelling pattern when pluralized.

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