Nouns

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• Question #0c999
• What is a noun phrase in linguistics?
• Why is "internet" a proper noun?
• Which proper nouns should be capitalized?
• What are some examples of plural nouns?
• Can you change a common noun to a proper noun?
• What's the definition of a proper noun?
• What are some examples of collective nouns?
• What are some examples of common nouns?
• What are some examples of compound nouns?
• What are some examples of concrete nouns?
• What are some examples of abstract nouns?
• What is the difference between simple, perfect, continuous and perfect continuous future tense?
• How do you write an essay in third person?
• What does plural noun mean?
• Is a year (1991) an adjective or a noun? How can you tell?
• What is the difference between a noun clause and a noun phrase?
• What are some sentences with a noun, verb, and adjective? Which word is which?
• Is "dad" a proper noun?
• Are pronouns considered nouns?
• What are some nouns that describe people?
• What do you call a noun used as a verb?
• What is a subject noun and an object noun?
• What are the seven kinds of nouns?
• Is “behavior” a countable or uncountable noun?
• What is a countable/uncountable noun? I know that you use less for uncountable nouns and fewer for countable nouns, but what are some examples of each?
• Is "noodle(s)" considered a countable noun or an uncountable one?
• Is "coffee" a countable noun?
• Which of these are countable nouns and which are uncountable nouns: wage, salary, pay, savings, pension, interest, cash, pocket-money?
• What are countable nouns? What are some examples of countable nouns?
• When is "food" a countable noun and when is it uncountable? Why?
• Is "people" a countable or uncountable noun?
• Is there a rule or something important I need to remember that may help me to find out if a noun is countable or uncountable?
• Question #3f157
• What are some examples of singular nouns?
• What is the singular possessive and plural possessive of waitress?
• What's the plural possessive form of mouse?
• What are the nouns in the following sentence?: When Richard took the keyboard out of his backpack, he noticed that three keys were missing.
• What are the nouns in the following sentence?: Yesterday, the town was covered in snow.
• Can you begin a sentence with words like "And" or "But" in just every day writing or is the same rule as formal writing where no sentence can begin with "And" or "But"?
• At olympics? or In olympics?
• What are the proper and general nouns in the following sentence?: Bill went to the store and met with the manager.
• What are the proper and general nouns in the following sentence?: We were driving though Pennsylvania when our truck almost hit a sign for Route 95.
• What are the nouns in the following sentence?: The movie theater will be closing in three weeks.
• What are the nouns in the following sentence?: The three red bicycles are in my garage.
• What are the nouns in the following sentence?: The pavement has several cracks.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The countertop is made out of marble.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The dog is chasing its own tail.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The crew refueled the airplane before the passengers boarded.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The computer is connected to the internet.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The bread is in the toaster.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The building is very tall.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: Our windows get cleaned every day.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The boat is still in the marina.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: We tried shipping the package to the customer.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The waves are crashing against the dock.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: After nightfall, the owls came out.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The sound from the woodpecker is very annoying.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The cars were stuck in a traffic jam because the traffic lights were broken.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The trash can is full.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: We were not sure if the game was canceled.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The lion's roar can be heard for miles.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The zoo had several giraffes and pandas.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The mechanic has fixed our car.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: We were two blocks away when you called.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: They came very late to the party.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: His disguise was brilliant; it fooled everyone.
• What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The brick wall is ten feet high.
• Are common, proper, compound, and collective nouns also considered to be concrete nouns?
• Would a person's first and last name be considered a compound noun?
• What is the difference between a collective noun and a compound noun?
• How do I distinguish between adjectives and nouns from compound nouns?
• What is the difference between a direct object and an indirect object?
• Question #a5891
• What part of speech is "dragon wings"?
• What are compound proper nouns?
• Is the word "research" an uncountable noun?
• Is the word "e-mail" a countable or uncountable noun?
• What are examples of uncountable nouns?
• Is the word "culture" a countable or uncountable noun?
• What are examples of objective case?
• What is an objective noun and a possessive noun?
• What is the preposition and object of preposition in these sentences?
• Which one of the following words represents an object of a preposition?
• Is "to Jessica" direct object, indirect object, or prepositional phrase and why? Grace promised a new car to Jessica.
• What is the object of a gerund?
• What are possessive nouns?
• What is the plural possessive form of "deer"?
• I'm writing an essay for English on symbolism in Jane Eyre. Which of the following statements with multiple possessive nouns are written correctly?
• Is the word "dogs'" singular, plural, singular possessive, or plural possessive?
• Can anybody help me with singular and plural possessives? Here are the nouns I'm having trouble with:
• What is the singular possessive of pliers, salmon, and scissors? What is the plural possessive of Billy, hero, and man?
• What is the possessive plural of "woman"?
• What is the singular possessive and plural possessive of "waitress"?
• Can someone tell me the singular possessive, plural, and plural possessive of each of these words?
• What is the singular possessive case?
• What is the possessive form of "U.S."? Is it U.S.' or U.S.'s?
• What is the possessive form of "class"? I am having trouble.
• What is the difference between the words client's, clients, and clients'?
• What is the possessive of "Jules"? Is it a) Jules b) Jules'
• Which are the plural possessive forms of the following words?
• What is the correct plural form of the noun "beer"? It has always bugged me when my friends ask me, "Hey, do you want to drink some beers tonight?"
• Why is "broccoli" an uncountable noun? And how would you explain it?
• Is the word "sweets" countable?
• Are currencies, like the Euro or Dollar, countable or uncountable? I was alway lead to believe that Euro was uncountable, (1 Euro; 4 Euro; 12Euro50(€12.50) ) along with the Pound and the word "money". I am beginning to doubt this now.
• Are the words "plenty of" always connected with uncountable nouns? I just want to see if I am doing it correct.
• Is "knowledge" a countable or uncountable noun? Is it okay to say "a lot of knowledges"? English is not my first language.
• Is "art" a countable or uncountable noun? Also, is it singular? If so, is "arts" the plural form?
• What are examples of nouns that are both countable and uncountable?
• What is a singular noun?
• Is the word "impact" a countable or uncountable noun?
• Is "fire" an uncountable noun? There are times when you can say "fires" too, right?
• Are there any easy rules on how you can tell if a noun is countable or uncountable? Or do you simply have to memorize them?
• Is the word "beans" as in red beans a countable noun or an uncountable noun?
• Can you give me uncountable nouns with countable meanings?
• Could you help me with "how much + nouns" if they're countable or uncountable?
• What are examples of mass nouns?
• Is "soap" an uncountable noun?
• What is a variable noun?
• Why is food an uncountable noun and snack countable? And is cheese uncountable? Also, is it possible to put the uncountable nouns in the plural?
• Are there examples or a list of gender-specific nouns?
• Are "crowd" and "evidence" countable or uncountable nouns? Can we use articles a/an with these: a crowd/ an evidence? I am not sure.
• What do they call nouns like "porridge" or "sugar" that don’t have a plural?
• What Is the difference between common noun and concrete noun? They both seem to be the same thing.
• What is an example of a countable, uncountable, countable or uncountable noun and always plural? I'm learning English and don't know any examples of the four groups.
• What are examples of countable nouns?
• Is the word "dream" a countable or uncountable noun?
• Is "people" a countable or uncountable noun? "People in Japan also eat sushi."
• Is "salad" a countable or uncountable noun?
• Is the word "stars" countable or uncountable?
• What is "freedom" - a verb, adjective, noun? What is "balance" - a verb, adjective, noun?
• How can we know that a noun is countable or not?
• Is a date a noun? For example, "In December 1914..." I know December is a noun, but is 1914 as well?
• Is the word "people" a collective noun?
• Is the word "leave" a countable or uncountable noun?
• Is "hour" a countable noun? Is it an abstract noun?
• Is "tuition" uncountable? Can anyone help me find a reference to support this?
• Is "sunshine" an concrete noun or abstract noun?
• Which of the following is an uncountable noun?
• Can "work" be a countable noun?
• Is the word "forest" a countable noun or uncountable noun?
• Is "equipment" a countable noun or uncountable noun?
• What nouns start with the letter "u"?
• What are some examples of nouns that start with the letter "a"?
• What is an indefinite noun?
• Is "aunt" a proper noun?
• What is the plural form of "scenery"?
• Is "media" a collective noun? How can we use it in a sentence? Do we use "is" or "are"? What do we really mean by the word media?
• Is a country an abstract noun?
• Is a person's name a noun?
• What is the position and function of nouns?
• What are examples of nouns that start with the letter "c"?
• Do pronouns count as nouns? i'm not sure if i should include she, he, etc... as nouns on my worksheet.
• What is the plural form of "input"?
• What is a mass noun?
• Can the word "acid" be both a countable and uncountable noun?
• What is the plural of "proof"?
• What is the plural form of "fish"?
• Can we say "There is no book on the table."? Can we use "no" with a single countable noun?
• Are fruit and vegetables countable or uncountable nouns?
• What is the plural of "blouse"?
• Is "any customers" plural or singular? I don't know which is right.
• What is the plural of "weather"?
• Why is "It's a nice day today" countable and "It's nice weather today" uncountable?What's the difference?
• What is the plural of "information"?
• How many different kinds of nouns are there, and how do you explain each of them?
• Is the word "underwear" singular or plural?
• Would the word "American" be a collective noun?
• What is the compound noun in the following sentence?
• Is "fur coat" a compound noun? For example, "First, its husky build and heavy fur coat allowed the Samoyed to sand changes in temperature."
• Are compound nouns capitalized? I'm not 100% sure, but are they or are they not capitalized?
• What is the difference between plural and collective nouns?
• Does a compound word have to be a noun, or can it be an adjective?
• What is the difference between a compound word and a portmanteau?
• Are the words "sound" and "noise" countable or uncountable?
• Is "world" a countable noun?
• Is "emotion" an uncountable noun?
• What are some ways to introduce countable and uncountable nouns when teaching? Can anyone recommend an activity?
• What are examples of nouns that are always either singular or plural?
• Is it possible to transform a noun into a verb or an adjective?
• Question #5c27c
• Why are nouns like meat, salt, or smoke not proper nouns? They name a specific food, don't they?
• What is a proper noun?
• It is possible for a noun to be both common and proper, or common and collective, or proper and collective?
• Is the word "University" a proper noun?
• Are the words christian, buddhist, hindu, and muslim proper nouns?
• What would be a proper noun for a building?
• When is "Dad" a proper noun and when isn't it?
• Which is correct: I have taken first aid classes or I have taken First Aid classes?
• When you substitute a proper noun, replacing it with an ordinary noun, does that ordinary noun become a proper noun and require capitalization?
• Are book titles proper nouns?
• Is first lady a proper noun?
• When is "church" a proper noun?
• Is "I" a proper noun? Why is it always capitalized when "he" and "she" are not?
• Is "history" a proper noun?
• How do you correctly make the plural form of proper nouns ending in "s"?
• Is american/American a proper noun, and why?
• Is pilgrims a proper noun? What about New World?
• What proper nouns words start with "x"?
• Is kindergarten a proper noun or a common noun?
• Are days of the week proper nouns?
• Is a proper noun uncountable on the basis of its separate entity?
• Is the world "Holocaust" a common or proper noun?
• Is "environment activist" a proper noun? Should it be capitalized?
• Would "Historians" and "Middle Ages" be known as proper nouns or are they common?
• What is the difference between a pronoun and a proper noun?
• If someone wants one of the tablets that comes is a roll of Rolaids, do they want one Rolaids, or one Rolaid?
• Is the word "measles"a proper noun? If it isn't, do you capitalize "measles" if you are speaking of German measles, or is it still lower case?
• Is the "South" a proper or common noun? Is it only proper if preceded by the word "the"?
• Is TV a common or proper noun? If it is common, why is it capitalized?
• What is a proper compound noun?
• Is eagle a proper noun?
• Is "summer" a common or proper noun and why?
• Is "Country" a common noun?
• If the word "mom" is in a sentence should it be capitalized or lowercase?
• Can you name a proper noun that starts with a lowercase letter please?
• Is the word "Marines" no longer a proper noun?
• Is it usual in most languages that nationality is a proper noun?
• Is a date a noun in a sentence? For example, December 1914. I know December is a noun, but is 1914 as well?
• Why is the proper noun "earth" always lowercase?
• Is "You and I" a verb or noun?
• Is "countryside" a common or proper noun?
• What is a common noun?
• Why is sequoia (the tree) not a proper noun? Why is it not capitalized?
• Are high school classes like freshman, sophomore, junior, senior proper nouns?
• What are abstract and concrete nouns?
• Why isn't the word Atheist a proper noun when Christian and Islam are?
• Is "year" an adjective or a noun? How can you tell?
• Is the white house a proper noun?
• Why do some singular proper nouns require "the" while others do not? For example, it is correct to say just "Stonehenge" but it is also correct to say "The Great Wall of China"?
• Is Chicago a noun, pronoun or proper noun?
• Is a nickname a proper noun?
• Is "Universe" a proper noun or common noun?
• What is the proper adjective of that can be formed from the proper noun of Shakespeare?
• When doing APA format 6th edition, do you capitalize proper nouns in a title or only the first word?
• Would the White House be an example of a compound proper noun?
• I need a proper noun for Asia. Is "Continent" correct?
• In my workbook it says love is a common and abstract noun. In what way is love a common noun?
• Is it possible to write a sentence without a noun? If so, what is an example?
• If a word is capitalized in the middle of properly written sentence, most likely the word is what kind of noun?
• Is "Islam"a noun or a verb? Why?
• What are some proper nouns that start with the letter "P"?
• Is middle school a proper noun?
• Is the word "judicial" capitalized?
• Is the United States Government a proper noun? United States is, of course capitalized, but is Government also proper and needing to be capitalized in this case?
• What is a special noun?
• My English teacher told me that proper nouns like "Jonathan" can be pronounced in anyway you like. Is that true?
• Is the word "woods" considered an collective noun, as in taking a walk in the "woods"?
• What is the collective noun for pegasi? I know for a fact that the plural noun is pegasi but what is the collective noun?
• What is the collective noun for a lot of old people?
• In the phrase, "a flock of geese," is flock a collective noun? Is geese a common noun? Or is the common noun "a flock of geese"?
• Is a collective noun formed by adding –ing to the verb stem, used to express commands or directives, or a noun that refers to a group or a collection of elements?
• Is entirety a collective noun?
• What is the collective noun for lies?
• Does a collective noun take a plural or singular verb?
• What is the collective noun for a group of actors?
• How can I teach collective nouns to my students?
• What is a collective noun for bees?
• What is the collective noun for whales?
• What's the collective noun for penguins?
• What's the collective noun for penguins?
• What's the collective noun for rabbits?
• What job is the noun clause doing in the sentence "The award goes to whoever did the best job."?
• What job is the noun clause doing in the sentence: "A polite guest will eat whatever is served."?
• What is the possessive noun in the sentence, "Baseball" rules were written in 1845."?
• Question #2d727
• Question #cb695
• What is the noun clause in the sentence: "We won't know whom the students chose for cheerleader until Monday morning."?
• Question #985b8
• Does this word construction (a meditation on Exodus 3) count as poetry, and if so how would you classify it?
• What is a word that modifies a noun?
• What is the contrapositive to this statement? Statement: If you feel hungry, then you eat.
• Question #ae7b9
• Question #3305b
• Question #3e3a5
• When you are writing a script, can you show multiple actions on the right side of the page?
• In response to the question "What does she do after school?", which is right? She does her homework/She is doing her homework.
• Question #43f3d
• Question #ef8e9
• Question #04ad4
• Question #ecf47
• Question #6971b
• Question #14833
• Question #0d232
• What is a modifier?
• What is the infinitive phrase in the sentence: "Cecil wants to lose weight."?
• Question #da617
• What does the word "Karma" mean?
• Which is the BEST way to revise the sentence labeled (9)?
• Which of the following is an idiom?
• Who was Roger Ackley?