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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Are such nouns as 'God,' 'Satan,' 'angel,' 'demon,' 'spirit,' and the like concrete nouns or abstract nouns?'
When I was in high school, a language teacher of mine argued that such nouns as 'God,' 'Satan,' 'angel,' 'demon,' 'spirit,' are abstract nouns. He based his assertion on his belief that abstract nouns are those which simply cannot be seen by the naked eye. "These nouns cannot be concrete nouns," he explained, " because they cannot be perceived by the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smelling)." Please enlighten me on this matter.
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I suppose your teacher believes that microscopic organisms or protons or electrons or black holes are also "abstract". Anyway, some people claim to have seen *** or Satan or angels and/or heard their voices, so I suppose to those people those nouns are concrete whereas they are abstract to others. I recommend playing along with such foolishness if it's necessary to pass the course.
- I suppose your teacher believes that microscopic organisms or protons or electrons or black holes are also "abstract".
- Anyway, some people claim to have seen *** or Satan or angels and/or heard their voices, so I suppose to those people those nouns are concrete whereas they are abstract to others.
- I recommend playing along with such foolishness if it's necessary to pass the course.
- That aside, note that abstract nouns refer to qualities or properties rather than to beings or things.
- Abstract nouns that are related to the concrete nouns you have quoted are godliness and spirituality .
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I suppose your teacher believes that microscopic organisms or protons or electrons or black holes are also "abstract". 
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