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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. <ref>p. 3 Conklin, Benj. Y. ''A Complete Graded course in English Grammar and Composition.'' New York, Boston, and Chicago: D. Appleton and Company.</ref> | '''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. <ref>p. 3 Conklin, Benj. Y. ''A Complete Graded course in English Grammar and Composition.'' New York, Boston, and Chicago: D. Appleton and Company.</ref> | ||
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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]
References
- ↑ p. 3 Conklin, Benj. Y. A Complete Graded course in English Grammar and Composition. New York, Boston, and Chicago: D. Appleton and Company.