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Uses
Of Noun:
Nouns are words you use to talk about people, places, and
things.
Singular
This
is a book.
This
is a singular noun. That means that it stands for one of something.
Plural
And
these are books.
This
is a plural noun. That means that it stands for more than
one of something.
English usually forms the plural by adding an "s"
to the singular noun. Sometimes,
though, the plural looks like a completely different word:
| This
is a child.
(singular) |
| And
these are children.
(plural) |
| There
is a man.
(singular) |
| There
are some men.
(plural) |
There
arent that many words in English that form the plural
this way. Its much more common to form the plural by
adding "s."
Here
are some more examples of English nouns:
| the
car |
the
house |
a
girl |
| the
cars |
the
houses |
girls |
Count
And Noncount Nouns
Count
nouns are nouns that can be counted (e.g., a book, two friends, three cars, etc.). A count noun
may be preceded by a or an in the singular;
it takes a final -s or -es in the plural.
Noncount
(or mass) nouns refer to things that cannot be counted (e.g., money, rain, snow, butter, wind, air, clothing, etc.). Noncount nouns are not
preceded by a or an and have no plural form.
COMMON
NONCOUNT NOUNS
| advice |
weather |
equipment |
| news |
water |
jewelry |
| information |
music |
postage |
| work |
money |
luggage |
Some
nouns can be both count and noncount nouns:
--We
drank some wine. (Noncount)
--We
ordered three wines. (Count)
(It
is implicit that three different wines were ordered.) |