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Cheeke Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Nouns
Hello,
Can someone tell me if "waiting", "while", "smell" and "air" are abstract nouns or concrete nouns?
Cheers
Cheeke
Can someone tell me if "waiting", "while", "smell" and "air" are abstract nouns or concrete nouns?
Cheers
Cheeke
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'Air' and 'smell' (depending on their meanings) are concrete; the others are abstract. e. see, hear, touch, smell or taste) it, it is concrete.
- 'Air' and 'smell' (depending on their meanings) are concrete; the others are abstract.
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- see, hear, touch, smell or taste) it, it is concrete.
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'Air' and 'smell' (depending on their meanings) are concrete; the others are abstract. It is a simple measure: if you can sense (i.e. see, hear, touch, smell or taste) it, it is concrete.
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'Air' and 'smell' (depending on their meanings) are concrete; the others are abstract. It is a simple measure: if you can sense (i.e. see, hear, touch, smell or taste) it, it is concrete.
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Hi Cheeke
So you're going through the TEFL 20 hours grammar module hey?
Waiting is not a noun
While is only a nouns if it's preceded by "a", if you say "while I was going" then it' not a noun. When it's a noun, it's abstract
I think smell and air are both concrete, as you can smell a smell and you can feel air on your skin. But for those two it can be debatable
So you're going through the TEFL 20 hours grammar module hey?
Waiting is not a noun
While is only a nouns if it's preceded by "a", if you say "while I was going" then it' not a noun. When it's a noun, it's abstract
I think smell and air are both concrete, as you can smell a smell and you can feel air on your skin. But for those two it can be debatable
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"Waiting" is a noun in my dictionary. "Waiting is one of the three things I hate most!" 
Good luck with the test, guys!
Good luck with the test, guys!
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