User:Charles Marean, Jr/Nouns and number
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Nouns name objects. The noun’s number tells if it is naming one object or more than one. A plural noun might be naming plenty of objects but is always naming at least two. A singular noun is naming only a single object. Boy is a noun that is in the singular number. Boys is a noun that is in the plural number. Different classes of objects are animals, persons, places and other things. The word house is a noun. [1]
Related articles
- User:Charles Marean, Jr/Objects (grammar) [r]: Things not actions, e.g. a tree. [e]
- User:Charles Marean, Jr/Names (words) [r]: Words name things, e.g. the word tree. [e]
- User:Charles Marean, Jr/Nouns and number [r]: Name objects singular and plural, e.g. tree is singular in number; trees, plural. Both words are nouns. [e]
- User:Charles Marean, Jr/Sentences (objects act) [r]: Tell what something did or does, e.g. “Trees shade.” [e]
References
- ↑ p. 3 Conklin, Benj. Y. A Complete Graded course in English Grammar and Composition. New York, Boston, and Chicago: D. Appleton and Company.