Part of Speech

Parts of Speech Review Nouns A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. Types of Nouns There are many different types of nouns. As you know, you capitalize some nouns, such as "Canada" or "Louise," and do not... More

Parts of Speech Review Nouns A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. Types of Nouns There are many different types of nouns. As you know, you capitalize some nouns, such as "Canada" or "Louise," and do not capitalize others, such as "badger" or "tree" (unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence). In fact, grammarians have developed a whole series of noun types, including the proper noun, the common noun, the concrete noun, the abstract noun, the countable noun (also called the count noun), the non-countable noun (also called the mass noun), and the collective noun. You should note that a noun will belong to more than one type: it will be proper or common, abstract or concrete, and countable or non-countable or collective. You always write a proper noun with a capital letter, since the noun represents the name of a specific person, place, or thing. A common noun is a noun referring to a person, place, or thing in a general sense. A Less