Parts Of Speech- Noun- Introduction to Noun

Introduction

A sentence is a combination of words put together in a cohesive manner. The following are the many parts of speech:

• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Adjectives
• Verb
• Adverbs
• Preposition
• Interjection
• Conjunction

Nouns

A noun is a word that describes a name of a person, place, animal, or thing. The word reflects everything that we can see or talk about. That word is known as a “noun.” You may think of a noun as a “naming word” if that assists. 

A noun is typically the name of something that we can touch (for example, “animal,” “pizza,” or “laptop”), but can also be the name of something we can’t touch (e.g., “strong,” “mile,” “happiness”). 

Simple Noun Examples 

Here are some noun examples.  

Here are some noun examples.  Soldier, Alan, relative, and lawyer 

• Location: House, London, industry, and sanctuary are some of the places where you can find a shelter. 
• Things. This includes the following: 
• Objects: a table, the London Bridge, a scalpel, nitrogen, the month, the inch, and the act of cooking
• Animals: Mickey Mouse, rat, shark 
• Ideas: Confusion, compassion, trust, the Theory of Relativity, and pleasure are some of the concepts that come to mind.

Number Nouns

Singular Nouns – A singular noun denotes only one person or things, such as a pen, a cow, a boy, or a set of chairs. 

Plural Nouns – A plural noun is one that refers to more than one person or thing, such as pens, cows, boys, chairs, and so on.    

 Genders of Nouns 

Masculine – words that relate to a person’s, animal’s, or thing’s masculine classification, such as man, lion, moon, and so on.

Nature, tigress, woman, and other nouns expressing a female class of a person, animal, or thing are examples of feminine nouns.

Neuter – nouns that signify a lifeless object, whether female or male, such as a pen, a room, or a book.

Cases of Nouns

The position of a noun in a sentence is controlled by its case classification. In English, there are five cases for nouns.

When a noun expresses possession or possession, such as That is my dress, the possessive case is used. The possessive case is my.’

When a noun is used to call anything, it is in the vocative case (to get attention). Teachers are expecting you in the staffroom, Ms. Maria. (Ms. Maria’s case is vocative.)

Dative Case – A noun is in the Dative case when it is the indirect object of a verb, for example, Rory brought me chocolates (‘Me’ is in the dative case).

Nominative Case – A noun is regarded to be in the Nominative case if it is the subject of a verb. Radha is a bright young lady.

When a noun is the main object of a verb or a preposition, it is said to be in the objective case. Please give the fruits, for example.

The Nouns’ Rules

Rule 1: Some nouns, like humans, animals, and police, have singular meanings but are employed as plural nouns and always take plural verbs.

Illustrations –

The cattle are grazing on the grass in the field.

In new cities, people are uninterested in you.

Rule 2: Some nouns are always in the plural form and require a plural verb. Scissors, Premises, Thank You, Spectacles, and so on.

Examples-

‘I can’t seem to locate my trousers; where are they?’

She bought a pair of Spectacles online, and they are very stylish.

Rule 3: Some nouns, such as news, ethics, machinery, advice, stationery, physics, and mathematics, always accept the singular verb.

Illustrations –

My favorite topic is mathematics.

It is not true that he committed suicide.

Rule 4 – Some words denote a number, measure, amount of money, length, weight, and so on. When these nouns are preceded by a definite numeral, they stay intact.

As an example,

She went to the store and bought two dozen eggs. (as opposed to dozens)

My office is just 5 kilometers away from my home. (instead of a kilometer)

Rule 5: Singular and plural forms of collective nouns are used.

Civilization’s greatest achievement is the government.

The jury was split down the middle.

Conclusion

NOuns are the naming words necessary to build a proper sentence in English. There are different types of nouns like common nouns, proper nouns, material nouns, abstract nouns and collective nouns. Based on their functions, they are used in different cases. One should be thorough with their use so that no error is made upon using them in spoken or written English.