A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn. Most nouns have both a singular and plural form, can be preceded by an article and/or one or more adjectives, and can serve as the head of a noun phrase. A noun or noun phrase can function as a subject, direct object, indirect object, appositive, or object of a preposition. In addition, nouns sometimes modify other nouns to for compound noun.
Types of Nouns:
- Abstract Noun and Concrete Noun
- Animate Noun and Inanimate Noun
- Collective Noun
- Common Noun and Proper Noun
- Compound Noun
- Countable Noun and Uncountable Noun
- Verbal Noun
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