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]

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Things not actions, e.g. a tree. [e]

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Words name things, e.g. the word tree. [e]

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Name objects singular and plural, e.g. tree is singular in number; trees, plural. Both words are nouns. [e]

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Tell what something did or does, e.g. “Trees shade.” [e]

References

  1. p. 3 Conklin, Benj. Y. A Complete Graded course in English Grammar and Composition. New York, Boston, and Chicago: D. Appleton and Company.