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    Nouns are names that can refer to people, places, things, or ideas. There are different types of nouns including proper nouns that name specific people or places and begin with capital letters, common nouns that name everything else without capitalization, abstract nouns that name ideas, and compound nouns that are combinations of different nouns. Collective nouns take a singular form but refer to more than one person or item, while noun phrases are groups of words that function as a noun and noun clauses contain subjects and verbs and function as a noun in a sentence. Count nouns can be counted while non-count nouns refer to mass quantities that are not always countable.

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    Nouns are names that can refer to people, places, things, or ideas. There are different types of nouns including proper nouns that name specific people or places and begin with capital letters, common nouns that name everything else without capitalization, abstract nouns that name ideas, and compound nouns that are combinations of different nouns. Collective nouns take a singular form but refer to more than one person or item, while noun phrases are groups of words that function as a noun and noun clauses contain subjects and verbs and function as a noun in a sentence. Count nouns can be counted while non-count nouns refer to mass quantities that are not always countable.

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    Nouns: Grammar

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    Nouns are names that can refer to people, places, things, or ideas. There are different types of nouns including proper nouns that name specific people or places and begin with capital letters, common nouns that name everything else without capitalization, abstract nouns that name ideas, and compound nouns that are combinations of different nouns. Collective nouns take a singular form but refer to more than one person or item, while noun phrases are groups of words that function as a noun and noun clauses contain subjects and verbs and function as a noun in a sentence. Count nouns can be counted while non-count nouns refer to mass quantities that are not always countable.

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    Chapter 2

    Nouns
    Grammar
    A noun is a name. The moment we name something that exists or does not exist, that name becomes a
    noun. A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or an idea.
    A Proper Noun names a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun almost always begins with a
    capital letter.
    E.g. Sachin, King Asoka, Far East, Delhi, India, God, Hindi, Hinduism, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
    Common Nouns name everything else. Common nouns usually are not capitalized.
    E.g. man, city, nation, pen .
    Abstract Nouns These are names of ideas and are theoretical and intangible.
    E.g. information, anger, education, melancholy, softness, violence .
    Compound Nouns These are combinations of different nouns.
    E.g. girl friend, fish merchant, play ground
    Collective Nouns These are nouns which can take a singular form but are composed of more than one
    individual person or items.
    E.g. jury, team, class, committee, herd, flock
    A Noun Phrase A Noun phrase is frequently a noun accompanied by modifiers, is a group of related
    words acting as a noun.
    E.g. the fee reduction proposal, the oil depletion allowance, the abnormal behaviour, hideously enlarged
    nose
    A Noun Clause A group of related words can act as a single noun-like entity within a sentence. A Noun
    clause contains a subject and verb and can do anything that a noun can do:
    What he does to the street children is a blessing.
    Take a closer look at the following categories of nouns, as situations in competitive exams test your
    awareness of these.
    Count Nouns Simply, these can be counted
    E.g. six books, a dozen eggs, many players, a few mistakes, some coins
    Non-Count Nouns Sometimes these are called Mass Nouns as it is not always possible to count them.
    E.g. wood, cloth, ice, etc.

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