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Nouns

This document discusses different types of nouns including proper nouns, common nouns, abstract nouns, and collective nouns. It provides rules for making nouns plural, such as adding "es" or "ies". It also covers irregular plural nouns and uncountable nouns. Possessive nouns are discussed along with rules for forming possessives. The functions of nouns are defined including subject, direct object, indirect object, and predicate noun.

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Nouns

This document discusses different types of nouns including proper nouns, common nouns, abstract nouns, and collective nouns. It provides rules for making nouns plural, such as adding "es" or "ies". It also covers irregular plural nouns and uncountable nouns. Possessive nouns are discussed along with rules for forming possessives. The functions of nouns are defined including subject, direct object, indirect object, and predicate noun.

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NOUNS

Proper Noun -specific name of person, place, animal

Common Noun - general name of thing, place

Abstract Noun - ideal concept that you cannot touch

- ex. loyalty cove, freedom, information,

Collective Noun- group of people, animals, things that can be called as one.

Individual Noun - Noun that

can be counted.

Rules To make noun plural:

 sh, s-, ch, x, 0 - add es


 O is preceded by a vowel no need for ES ex. radios, stereo
 Y is preceded by a consonant -add “ies”

ex. armies, mommies

 Y is preceded by a consonant -add only s.


 if word ends in L and F

Change f to VES

ex. Thieves, wifes, life

except. roof, cuffs , gulf , grief, safe

brief proof , leaf.

 - there are words in this category which have


 both plural forms.
 There are words that are already in plural such as Tongs,
 There are words that change in spelling

mice- mouse foot to feet, Child to children

 Whark
 staff
 hoof
 scarf.

A few nouns form their plural in an irregular way

 Man
 woman
 Datum
 Goose
 Foot
 Child
 Nucleus
 mouse
 Ox
 Some nouns have similar singular and plural form
 swine
 beer,
 sheep
 Fish (also fishes)
 Some nouns are used only in plural
a) Names of instrument having 2 parts forming a kind of pair: Scissors , tongs, spectacle
b) Names of articles, dress, trousers and breeches

yousers. drawers

of dresse

f breecher.

certain names of of ameri billiard

draught, cares f Somives.

A compound nown normally forms if

alural by adding cr A The

praciple word.

coaf of mail 6. man-of was

2. son-in-law f . locker on

La passer buy

Grammatical Distnction 27.

2. Uncountable Non-

- Maurer (2000:106) assert that there

au mames of things that cannot be

Cented in their nama cense because

the cast in Massform.

Eckersley, t E erseley (1972:20) affirm

that this is hown stanas for substances

. * Normale tatel a Vingular verb:


accomodation behavou derred chaos,

furniture luggage, rcevery traffic thane

& weather

cases

of NOKINS

possesive case ownership)

Rule #1: Form the possesive of most

proper, nous by adding an

ne possesive of most sing was common cos

Tean-s

Rullo 42. Use only an

the 20ssessive

Jesus e moses

apostrophe te foro

of the names

e other ancient

3:

Add

that

to the end of plural nouns

end in -5."

#4

To show joint ownership form

the posetsive on the last werd.

- Monito A Trisha's dogs.

to show individual ownership form the

ВИeitre 3 oh hdc.

#8:

ex. Nonito's e Trisha's dogs.


Sake's e Cuenca's boxes of Lollipops

with a compound word as phrase,

form the posessive ley Adeling

C apostrophe

an

and an

last

as

word

to the

X. commanders in Cheifs

possesive form

The

cat

of Jade

came to me

Jade's cats

carved on

my heart.

. 0 The parables of Jesus are

Jesus' parables.

assignment @ g h

ew

date Name, ruspete

Sched.

Functions of Nouns

v subsecs T nominative case)


- Direct object ( offective case)

ir possessive

| The committee is perwarding Ann the report to

To whom the object is girem :), Indirect object.

Sreceiver of direct object

> answers WHO

what is the given object -25 Direct object.

> receiver of action.

-7 answers the question

What

Ahn

was

th

prefides laus dyartment.

noun.

in predicate Noun = tabbing another

rencanos tu subject.

ex is she rode her bitte with Jane.

-b object of a prepositions - if is after af a

Prepositions

serbject of the preparation

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