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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
I need your help with "nouns" and their types, please
Hi there teachers,
Would you please tell me about the kinds of nouns we have in English? How many types of nouns do we have in English, please?
Thank you, teachers.
Would you please tell me about the kinds of nouns we have in English? How many types of nouns do we have in English, please?
Thank you, teachers.
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I don't think there's an exact answer to "how many types". It depends on how you care to classify them. Googling types of noun or similar will give you plenty of information about common classifications.
- I don't think there's an exact answer to "how many types".
- It depends on how you care to classify them.
- Googling types of noun or similar will give you plenty of information about common classifications.
- org/wiki/Noun#Classification_of_nouns
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I don't think there's an exact answer to "how many types". It depends on how you care to classify them. Googling types of noun or similar will give you plenty of information about common classifications. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun#Classification_of_nouns
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I don't know what you mean by "types."
There are different classifications of nouns: proper noun (proper names) and common nouns; concrete versus abstract; count versus non-count, compound versus simple, and (for declination) regular versus irregular.
Nouns can also be classified by their etymology such as Latinate (those which were taken from Latin roots). Some nouns used in English
There are different classifications of nouns: proper noun (proper names) and common nouns; concrete versus abstract; count versus non-count, compound versus simple, and (for declination) regular versus irregular.
Nouns can also be classified by their etymology such as Latinate (those which were taken from Latin roots). Some nouns used in English
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Dear GPY and Alphecca Stars, heartily thanks to both of you, for your help.
And Yes, Alphecca Stars, I actually wanted to say "classification". Actually, I am having problems understanding the way they are classified. How should we make a distinction between them? For e.g. the category of concrete nouns also come in the category of common nouns, and they can also be common nouns. Am I ri
And Yes, Alphecca Stars, I actually wanted to say "classification". Actually, I am having problems understanding the way they are classified. How should we make a distinction between them? For e.g. the category of concrete nouns also come in the category of common nouns, and they can also be common nouns. Am I ri
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The classifications are mostly independent.
A proper name is almost always a concrete noun, because it refers to a particular place, person, or object that you can perceive with your senses.
A common noun can be either concrete or abstract. Beauty and faith are abstract. Sunshine, music, and ice are concrete.
Here is a longer dis
A proper name is almost always a concrete noun, because it refers to a particular place, person, or object that you can perceive with your senses.
A common noun can be either concrete or abstract. Beauty and faith are abstract. Sunshine, music, and ice are concrete.
Here is a longer dis
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