Monday, 18 January 2016

THE FUNCTION OF A NOUN IN A SENTENCE

NOUNS MAY BE SINGULAR OR PLURAL. PLURAL NOUNS USUALLY END IN S . BUT SOME PLURAL NOUNS DONOT END IN S.
NOUNS CAN BE USRD WITH THE ARTICLES-THE OR A AN .NOUNS LIKE HOME AND SCHOOL CAN BE USED WITHOUT AN ARTICLE.DETERMINERS SUCH AS POSSESS
IVES, QUANTIFIERS AND DEMONSTRATIVES CAN BE USED WITH NOUNS
*NOUNS NEED NOT TO BE SINGLE WORDS ;THEY MAY BE COMPOUNDS.IT MEANS CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE WORDS.OR THEY MAY BE PHRASES CALLED NOUN PHRASES
* A NOUN CAN BE THE SUBJECT OR OBJECT OF AVERB,OR THE OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION.A NOUN CAN BE A COMPLEMENT AFTER A LINKING VERB OR AFTER THE OBJECT OF A TRANSITIVE VERB.A NOUN CAN BE USED ATTRIBUTIVELY, LIKE AN ADJECTIVE,BEFORE ANOTHER NOUN.
THE NAME OF PARTICULAR PEOPLE , PLACES ,THINGS , BUILDINGS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE PROPER NOUNS. THEY HAVE CAPITAL LETTERS. OTHER NOUNS ARE COMMON NOUNS SOME NOUNS CAN BE USED BOTH PROPER AND COMMON NOUNS.
*NOUNS CAN BE COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE. COUNTABLE NOUN MEANS  IT CAN BE USED WITH A\AN OR MADE PLURAL. UNCOUNTABLE ARE NOT NORMALLY MADE PLURAL,AND CAN BE USED WITHOUT AN ARTICLE. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS CAN BE BOTH ABSTRACT.
* SOME NOUNS FOR OCCUPATIONS DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MASCULINE AND FEMININE GENDER,BUT MOST ARE COMMON- GENDER. COLLECTIVE NOUNS REPRESENT A GROUP OF PEOPLE ; THEY MAY TAKE A SINGULAR OR PLURAL VERB.

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