Abstract nouns are ideas, concepts and feelings. You can count countable nouns. Countable nouns have singular and plural forms. You cannot count uncountable nouns.
You need to use " measure words " to quantify them. Uncountable nouns are always singular. Examples: class group of students , pride group of lions , crew group of sailors. Rule: Collective nouns can be treated as singular or plural. More about this at rules of subject-verb agreement with collective nouns. A compound noun is a noun that is made with two or more words. Each compound noun acts as a single unit and can be modified by adjectives and other nouns.
Note that all nouns are more than one type. For example, common nouns can be concrete nouns or abstract nouns. The common noun danger is an abstract noun. And the same noun can change its type according to meaning. For example, the noun light can be uncountable light in general or countable lamp. Examples: teacher, car, music, danger, receipt Have you seen my dog? The books are on your desk. Proper Nouns Names of people, places or organizations are proper nouns.
Rule: Proper nouns always start with a capital letter. The capital of Italy is Rome. Try It Review the types of nouns in the following exercise. Try It Remember that compounds may be written in three different ways: the solid or closed form , the hyphenated form , and the open or spaced form.
Note: The plural for a computer mouse as opposed to the fuzzy animal can either be mice or mouses. Some people prefer mouses as it creates some differentiation between the two words. Try It Explanations of the answers reefs reefs is the plural of reef. It is an exception to the rule. The singular ends with — um , so the plural ends with — a. The singular ends with — is , so the plural ends with — es. The singular ends with — on , so the plural ends with — a.
The singular ends with — us , so the plural typically ends with — i , but — es is also acceptable vertebrae vertebrae is the plural of vertebra. The singular ends with — a , so the plural ends with — ae. The singular ends with — ix , so the plural ends with — ices.
This is an — en noun. To form the plural, — ren was added. The singular and plural have the same form, so squid could be singular or plural man man is the singular of men. This is a mid-word vowel-change plural. The a in man was changed to an e. Less or Fewer? Many or Much? People often use these pairs words interchangeably; however, the words fewer and many are used with count nouns, while less and much are used with non-count nouns: The pet day care has fewer dogs than cats this week.
Next time you make these cookies, you should use less sugar. Many poets struggle when they try to determine whether a poem is complete or not. Try It Explain Answers There was much food at the event. There were fewer soups than salads and even fewer desserts. Food is non-count, so it takes much, not many. Soups and desserts are both count, so they take fewer not less.
Even though much is technically correct, you may want to use a lot instead. It sounds less antiquated. Miguel loved studying outer space —especially different galaxies. Outer space is non-count, so it does not have a plural. Galaxy is count, so it does have a plural. Since we are talking about different items, there must be more than one, so galaxies is correct. Arturo had too much water before his workout. Much must be followed by a non-count noun. Of the two options water and drinks , water is the non-count noun.
Because items is a count noun, fewer is required here. However, this phrase has become so common that stores sound uppity if they use fewer instead of less. Evelyn was disappointed in the weather forecast; a lot of rain was predicted. She preferred dry weather. While much would also fit in this blank, the phrase a lot of is much more common and more likely to be used. I had a lengthy list containing many ideas for the project.
The adjective is modifying the count-noun ideas , so many is needed in this example. Did you have an idea for improving this content? Licenses and Attributions. CC licensed content, Original. Ready for the Test?
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