Noun

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NOUNS.

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NOUNS.
 A noun is the name of any person; place or thing.
Eg. Gopal; Madras; Book; Knowledge
 Nouns are of two types:
They are:
 Concrete Nouns and
 Abstract Nouns.

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 Concrete nouns denote things that exist in a material form.
These are again sub-divided into:
a) Proper Noun. b) Common Noun.
c) Collective Noun. d) Material Noun.
A proper noun is the name of some particular person or place.
Anisha is a beautiful girl. (Anisha is a proper noun)
A common noun is a noun that can be given commonly to all
things or persons of the same class or kind.
Eg. Village, school, teacher, birds

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 A collective noun denotes a number of persons, animals or
things spoken as a whole.
 eg. Album, army, bundle, chain, band, course.
 A noun which denotes the substance/material of which a thing
is made of is called material noun.
 eg. Gold, wood, silk, clay etc.
 Abstract Noun: An Abstract Noun is the name of any quality,
state or action, art or science.

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
An abstract noun denotes something that has no
existence of its own, but exists only in the mind of a
person. It is something that we can understand but
cannot demonstrate.
Eg. Whiteness, cleverness, height, walk, sight, childhood,
music, physics etc.,
Countable and Uncountable Nouns : The nouns which can
be counted are called Countable Nouns. If a noun is countable
then:

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‘A’ and ‘An’ can be used before countable nouns.
The question ‘how many’ is asked for countable nouns.
Numbers can be used with countable nouns.
Words like few, a few, the few, is asked for countable nouns.
Plurals are found in countable nouns.
Uncountable Nouns : The nouns which cannot be counted
are called uncountable nouns. If a noun is uncountable then:

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 We usually do not use ‘A’ or ‘An’ before it.
 The question ‘How much’ is asked for it.
 Numbers can not be used for it.
 They normally do not have a plural.
 Words like little, a little, the little, much, less are used with it.
 NOTE: ‘SOME’ CAN BE USED BEFORE BOTH COUNTABLE AND
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS.

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