Most of us have been taught that a noun is a word that refers to a person, place, or thing. While this is true, it is helpful to think about thing as a broad category; One thing not necessarily something you can hold in your hand (a mountain, a place, and a feeling can all be things). Here are some examples of nouns:
toni Morrison is my favorite writer. (toni Morrison is a noun and a person)
I do not want to go Seattle. (Seattle are nouns and places)
I will eat that mashmallow. (mashmallow is a noun and a thing)
Eat the marshmallows you gave me happiness. (Happiness is a noun and a thing).
Nouns can also refer to an animal (Moose), Quality (soft), an idea (zero), or an action (as in “she singing so beautiful”). Nouns can name someone or something in general (dog, beach, friend) or specifically (Great Pyrenees, Cape Cod, Sally). And although most nouns consist of a single word, some do not: school bus, Italian dress, And chuck-will’s-widows are all nouns.
Nouns can be singular (‘one sandwich‘) or plural (‘two sandwich‘), although some nouns have the same form indiscriminately (‘one sheep,’ ‘two sheep‘). Nouns can also refer to concepts (information) are uncountable and singular entities (Neptune) cannot be plural.
The sentence can have a noun (“According to run fast.”) or more than one (“According to run fast field.”) but some sentences are absent (“Run fast!”).
Other parts of speech: What is an adjective? What is an adverb? What are prepositions? What is a verb?
Other articles you may be interested in: Adjectives like nouns Nouns like adjectives
Categories: Usage Notes
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