Noun-basics beginner-Grammar

Noun-basics beginner

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A noun is naming word.it names a person (ashoka,
Napoleon, sanjay),place (town,city,New york)or
thing (table,house ,flower).The word” thing”include
all things that we can feel,hear or think of (noise ,
beauty,king kingship.etc.)

 

Nouns are classified into:(a) the common noun and
the proper noun ,or into (b) the concrete noun and
the abstract noun.

Types –Noun two type -(1)common noun (2)proper
noun

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(1) common noun -Name given to every person place
or thing of the same class Examples (Boy ,river,animal,
town)

(A)Abstract -Name given to an abstract idea or
something that cannot be felt or seen or heard.

(B) collective- Name given to a number of persons
or things taken together.
(A) Abstract – Three part
(a) Quality -Examples -goodness,honesty,kindness
(b) Action -Loughter ,hatred,stealth
(c)state- Boyhood,freedom,health

(2)Proper noun -Name given to a particular person
place or thing
Examples -Nepoleon,London,the Ganges

 

Noun-basics beginner

Gender of Nouns
(a) A noun that denotes a male is masculine gender.
(b) A noun that denotes a female is feminine gender.
(c) A noun that denotes either a male or a female is
common gender.
(d) A noun that denotes neither a male nor a female is
neuter gender.

Examples
(a) Masculine gender- boy, father,horse,hero,fox
(b) feminine gender-girl,mother,mare,heroine,vixen.
(c) Common gender-baby,parent ,neighbour,friend,
student
(d) Neuter gender-book,tree,house,jewel,paper some
common words denoting gender are given below.

noun basic beginner

Mesculine	Feminine	Mesculine	Feminine
buck colt dog drake drone fox gander horseram stag peacock	doe filly bitch duck bee vixen goose mare ewe hind pea-hen	cock-sparrow jack -ass tom-cat czar sultan Emperor Marquis hero administrator creator executor	hen -sparrow jenny-ass tabby-cat Czarina Sultana Empress Marchioness heroine creatrix executrix

Number of Nouns

Noun-basics beginner – Number of Nouns

A singular noun indicates one thing while the plural
more than one .plurals are formed by adding s/es/ies
to the singular or sometimes -ves. Sometimes the
plurals are mutated plurals (foot-feet,woman-women,
child-children)there are also unchanged plurals (sheep,
deer,bison,cannon,salmon)

Foreign Plurals
Plurals of foreign words are formed according to the
rules of the original language .
Latin plurals

Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
alumnus (M) alumna (F) larva fungus radius terminus	alumni alumnae larvae fungi radii termini	agendum erratum crisis basis vertex thesis	agenda errata crises bases vertices theses

greek plurals

Singuler	Plural	Singular	Plural
criterion phenomenon	criteria phenomena	stigma axis	stigmata axes

plurals of compound nouns

Singuler	Plural
brother-in-law commander-in -chief major-general spoonful	brothers-in-law commanders-in-chief major-generals spoonfuls

The Following are Always Plural

bellows ,scissors,spectacles,trousers,annals,thanks
tidings,alms,riches

Collective Nouns

such nouns indicate a collection and are treated as
singular

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Animal/Bird/Thing	Collective
sheep bees hounds cattle birds ship cards steps scissors office workers keys thieves sailors people angry people people at church drawers clothes tools flowers trees trousers grapes lions	flock shoal swarm pack herd flight fleet pack flight pair staff bunch gang crew crowd mob congregation chest suit set bunch/bouquet clump pair bunch pride

Nouns and their Diminutives /young ones

 

Word	Diminiutive	Word	Young ones
river book ring owl	rivulet booklet ringlet owlet	dog cat hen cow goose swan duck lion eagle horse	pup kitten chick calf gosling cygnet duckling cub eaglet lamb foal

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