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    There are several types of nouns including common nouns, proper nouns, and pronouns. Common nouns can be further classified as abstract nouns, collective nouns, compound nouns, concrete nouns, non-countable nouns, gender-specific nouns, and verbal nouns. Proper nouns are capitalized and refer to specific people, places, or things. Pronouns replace nouns and include words like he, she, it, who, and this. The document also discusses gerunds, errors involving nouns, and forming plurals of compound nouns.

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    There are several types of nouns including common nouns, proper nouns, and pronouns. Common nouns can be further classified as abstract nouns, collective nouns, compound nouns, concrete nouns, non-countable nouns, gender-specific nouns, and verbal nouns. Proper nouns are capitalized and refer to specific people, places, or things. Pronouns replace nouns and include words like he, she, it, who, and this. The document also discusses gerunds, errors involving nouns, and forming plurals of compound nouns.

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    There are several types of nouns including common nouns, proper nouns, and pronouns. Common nouns can be further classified as abstract nouns, collective nouns, compound nouns, concrete nouns, non-countable nouns, gender-specific nouns, and verbal nouns. Proper nouns are capitalized and refer to specific people, places, or things. Pronouns replace nouns and include words like he, she, it, who, and this. The document also discusses gerunds, errors involving nouns, and forming plurals of compound nouns.

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    There are several types of nouns including common nouns, proper nouns, and pronouns. Common nouns can be further classified as abstract nouns, collective nouns, compound nouns, concrete nouns, non-countable nouns, gender-specific nouns, and verbal nouns. Proper nouns are capitalized and refer to specific people, places, or things. Pronouns replace nouns and include words like he, she, it, who, and this. The document also discusses gerunds, errors involving nouns, and forming plurals of compound nouns.

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    The key takeaways are the different types of nouns such as common, proper, pronouns, gerunds and their definitions.

    The different types of nouns discussed are common nouns, proper nouns, pronouns and gerunds. Common nouns are further classified into abstract, collective, compound, concrete, non-countable, gender-specific and verbal nouns.

    Collective nouns can be treated as either singular or plural depending on whether the group or individuals are considered. When the group is considered as one unit, it is singular. When the individuals of the group are considered, it is plural.

    The different types of nouns.

    There are several different types of nouns. These include:


    Common Nouns (e.g., abstract nouns, collective nouns, compound nouns, concrete
    nouns, non-countable nouns, gender-specific nouns, verbal nouns)
    Proper Nouns
    Pronouns (despite pronouns being classified as a different part of speech)

    As covered in the lesson nouns, nouns are naming words. There are several different
    kinds of nouns. This page describes the most common types.

    Common Nouns
    A common noun is the word used for a class of person, place or thing.
    Examples:

    car
    man
    bridge
    town
    water
    metal
    ammonia
    Note: Common nouns are capitalized only when they start a sentence.
    Common nouns are further classified into:

    Abstract nouns things you cannot see or touch (e.g., bravery, joy)
    Collective nouns words to describe groups (e.g., team, choir)
    Compound nouns nouns made up of more than one word (e.g., court-martial,
    pickpocket, water bottle)
    Concrete nouns things you can see or touch (e.g., tree, cloud)
    Non-countable nouns (mass nouns) things you cannot count (e.g., food, music)
    Gender-specific nouns words which are definitely male or female (e.g., vixen,
    actress)
    Verbal nouns nouns derived from verbs (e.g., a building, an attack)
    Gerunds nouns that represent actions (e.g., running fast, guessing a number)

    Proper Nouns

    A proper noun is the name of a person, place or thing (i.e., its own name). A proper
    noun always starts with a capital letter. For example:

    Michael
    Africa
    Peking
    Dayton Peace Accord
    United Nations
    The Tower of London
    Uncle George
    (Uncle is written with a capital letter because it is part of his name.)

    My favourite auntie is Auntie Sally.


    (In this example, the first auntie is a common noun, but the second Auntie is part
    of a proper noun.)

    The Red Lion


    Read more about using capital letters for proper nouns but not common nouns.

    Collective Nouns
    A collective noun is the word used for a group of people or things. For example:

    Choir
    Team
    Jury
    Shoal
    Cabinet (of ministers)
    Regiment
    The big question with collective nouns is whether they should be treated as singular or
    plural. The answer is: They can be treated as singular or plural depending on the
    sense of your sentence.
    Read more about treating collective nouns as singular and plural.

    Pronouns
    A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun.
    Pronouns are one of the eight parts of speech which are: adjectives, adverbs
    conjunctions, interjections, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, and verbs.

    Even though they are classified as a different part of speech to nouns, pronouns are
    nouns. They always play the role of a noun in a sentence.

    James is the first choice for the post. He has applied for it twice already.
    (He is a pronoun. In this example, it replaces the proper noun James.)
    (It is a pronoun. Here, it replaces the common noun post.)

    Some / Who / This


    (The term pronoun covers lots of words, and all three words above are classified
    as pronouns. There is whole section dedicated to pronouns.)

    Gerunds
    Gerunds are formed from verbs. They end -ing. They are a type of common noun.

    I love baking.
    (baking the name of an activity; it is formed from the verb to bake.)

    Thinking is required to solve this problem.


    (thinking the name of an activity; it is formed from the verb to think.)
    Gerunds are different from other nouns because they can take an object or be
    modified with an adverb.

    I love baking bread.


    (Here, bread is the object of the gerund baking.)

    Thinking laterally is required to solve this problem.


    (Here, the gerund thinking has been modified by the adverb laterally.)

    Compound Nouns
    Compound nouns are nouns made up of two or more words. Some compound nouns
    are hyphenated, some are not, and some combine their words to form a single word.
    For example:

    Mother-in-law
    Board of members
    Court-martial

    Forget-me-not
    Manservant
    Pickpocket
    Paper-clip
    Read more about
    ut hyphens in compound nouns.
    nouns

    Take the test on abstract nouns, collective nouns, compound


    nouns, and gerunds.
    gerunds

    Here are some common errors related to nouns.


    NO CAPITAL LETTERS FOR COMMON NOUNS
    A common noun does not start with a capital letter (unless it starts a sentence or is
    part of a title). It is a common mistake to capitalize a common noun that is an
    important word in a sentence.

    He disobeyed a direct Order.


    (The word order is a common noun. It should not be written with a capital letter.)

    It is the largest Church in Birmingham.


    (The word church is a common noun. It should not be written with a capital letter.)
    Read more about capital letters for proper nouns but not common nouns
    nouns.
    ONLY CAPITALIZE THE PRINCIPAL WORDS IN TITLES
    When names contain words such as the, of, an or in,, these words are not usually
    given capital letters.

    I must visit the Tower of London.


    (The word of is not a principal word. Therefore, it is not given a capital letter.)

    Have you seen Day of the Jackal?


    (The words of and the are not principal words. Therefore, they are not given
    capital letters.)

    This is called Title Case.


    Read more about capital letters with Title Case.
    SINGULAR OR PLURAL?
    Writers are sometimes unsure whether to treat a collective noun as singular or plural.
    In fact, a collective noun can be singular or plural depending on the sense of the
    sentence. For example:

    That team is the worst in the local league.


    (Here, team is treated as singular.)

    The team are not communicating among themselves.


    (Here, team is treated as plural.)
    When the group is considered as one unit, it is singular. When the individuals of the
    group are considered, it is plural.
    Read more about treating collective nouns as singular and plural.
    FORMING THE PLURAL OF COMPOUND NOUNS
    To form the plural of a compound noun, pluralize the principal word in the compound.
    When there is no obvious principal word, add s (or es) to the end of the compound.
    For example:

    Mothers-in-law
    (Pluralize the principal word mother.)

    Paper-clips
    (Pluralize the principal word clip.)

    Forget-me-nots
    (Here, there is no principal word, so add s to the end.)
    Words like spoonful, plateful, and cupful are exceptions to this rule. They form their
    plurals by adding an s to the end, even though the principal words are spoon, plate,
    and cup.
    Read more about forming the plurals of compound nouns.

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