abstract noun

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how to sense the word is quality , condition and action

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This is generally determined by the context in which it appears. Typically a noun would be the subject of the sentence, or would function in other noun-type ways. Some examples:

He is honest. (Honest is an adjective. It is in the predicate.)

Honesty is his best trait. (Honesty is a noun derived from the adjective - the suffix -y is added to the adjective to create the related noun. It denotes an abstract quality - you can't pick up honest in your hand. Here, as a noun, it appears as subject. Note that the adjective "honest" denotes an abstract quality, which carries over to the sense of the related noun.)

He is sick. (Sick is an adjective, and appears in the predicate.)

Sickness is rampant. (Sickness is a noun derived from the adjective - the suffix -ness is added to the adjective to create the related noun. It denotes an abstracted condition - you can't pick up sickness in your hand. Here, as a noun, it appears as subject. Note that the adjective "sick" denotes an abstracted condition, which carries over to the sense of the related noun.)

This is something I will contemplate. (Contemplate is a verb. It is in the predicate of its clause.)

He was lost in contemplation. (Contemplation is a noun derived from the verb - the suffix -ion is added to the verb to create the related noun. It describes an abstracted action - you can't pick up contemplation in your hand. Here, as a noun, it appears as the object of a preposition, a noun function. Note that the verb "contemplate" denotes an abstracted action, which carries over to the sense of the related noun.)

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