By :Shadai Sims & Gregory Jewette II

 By definition it is a person, place, thing, or idea.  Anything that exists, has a name, or can be named we assume is a noun.  There are different types of nouns including: proper, common, count, mass, collective, and abstract.

 Naming a specific person place or thing.  Examples: Gregory, Suffolk, Nansemond River, God, Europe, and English.  Proper nouns are usually always capitalized.

 Doesn’t name nouns specifically  Such as, boy, girl, city, school, church, class, teacher.  Common nouns are not capitalized unless used in the beginning of a sentence.

 Count- name nouns that can be counted.  Examples: include, a few bags, a couple of stories, seven continents, three books.  Mass- name nouns that cannot be counted.  Examples include grass, water, blood, energy.  Depending on how the noun is used in a sentence, it could be count or mass.  Ex: she had a hard time in college – mass she had hard times in college - count

 Name nouns that can take singular form but are composed of more than one person or object.  Examples: Flock, heard, jury, class, group, team.

 Names nouns that are not tangible.  Examples: Peace, love, justice, joy.

 With possessive nouns one has to add an apostrophe and a “s” to show possession. If the noun is plural an has an “s” on the end then one only needs to add an apostrophe.  Noun clause have a subject and verb that do whatever the noun does. Ex: What the teacher does is nice.  Noun phrase is a group of modifiers joining with a noun to help further identify it. Ex: That dog digging in granddad's garden, is Mrs. Smith’s new beagle.  Compound nouns are adjectives and nouns together such as father-in-law, backpack, and post office.

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