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NOUNS

22 October 2006

NOUNS

A noun is the name of anything.

The thing can be:

a)
A living or non-living things having physical existence. Eg. man ,
horse, tree, rock, town.

b)
A mental or spiritual concept. Eg. mercy, love, error, truth,
patriotism.

c)
A quality, property or condition: eg. blackness, weakness, strength,
depth.

d)
An action: as walking, running, reading. eg. “Walking is a good
exercise.”

Walking here is a noun because
it is the name of the action, and it the subject of the verb is. But, “He is
walking.” In here, walking becomes a verb which tell what he is doing.

Classification of Nouns

1.
Common noun – is the name belonging to all the members of objects. eg.
city, ship, woman, religion, river.

2.
Proper noun – is the distinctive name of an object. eg. New York (city),
Katrina (ship), Jenny (woman), Nile (river).

In writing, a
proper noun is distinguished by beginning it with capital letter. eg.
Catholic, Republicans

Special classes of nouns

a)
Abstract noun – is one that names a mental or spiritual concept, or some
quality or condition of an object. eg. hatred, truth, strength.

b)
Collective noun – is the name of a collection or group of similar
objects. eg. army, flock, nation, company, battalion.

c)
Compound noun – is made up of two or more nouns and some word or words
that forma unit idea. eg. grandfather, commander-in-chief, brother-in-law.

Properties of Noun

1.
Number – a property of noun or pronoun which indicates whether one
object, or more than one object, is designated. Singular and Plural. The
plural number of most nouns if formed by adding s or es to the singular. eg.
boy – boys, country – countries, box – boxes.

2.
Gender – is the property of a noun or pronoun by which the sex of the
noun or pronoun of an object is distinguished:

The three gender: Masculine,
Feminine, and Neuter.

a)
The Masculine gender indicates a being of the male sex. eg. man,
boy, brother, John, Peter.

b)
The Feminine gender indicates a being of the female sex. eg. lady,
girl, hen, Joan, sister.

c)
The Neuter gender indicates an object without sex. eg. flower,
bicycle, water, city.

3.
Possessive case usually denotes possession. eg. John’s sign pen
was destroyed.

Principal Uses of Nouns

1.
Subject of the verb

2.
Predicate noun

3.
Direct object of a verb

4.
Indirect object of a verb

5.
Object of a preposition

6.
Apposition

7.
Object complement

8.
Nominative absolute

9.
Direct address

Subject of a verb. The
subject names the person or thing about which the something is said by the
verb. In some sentences, the subject follows the verb as in the example.

a)
The boat was destroyed.

b)
The army soldiers went home.

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