1. Nouns
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2. Nouns
Noun: a word that names something: a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
Classes of Nouns: proper, common, concrete, abstract, and collective.

3. Classes of Nouns 701.1 Proper Noun 701.2 Common Noun
Names a particular person, place, thing, or idea. They are always capitalized.
Jackie Robinson, Christianity, World Series, Brooklyn
701.2 Common Noun
Does not name a particular person, place, thing, or idea. They are not capitalized.
person, woman, president, park, baseball
701.3 Concrete Noun
Names a thing that is tangible (can be seen, touched, hear, smelled, or tasted) . Can be proper or common.
Becky, child, Grand Canyon, aroma, music

4. Classes of Nouns 701.4 Abstract Noun 701.5 Collective Noun
Names an idea, a condition, or a feeling—in other words, something that cannot be experienced by the five senses.
greed, poverty, progress, freedom
701.5 Collective Noun
Names a group or a unit.
United States, team, crowd, community

5. Forms of Nouns 702.1 Number of a Noun 702.2 Gender of a Noun
Indicates whether the noun is singular or plural.
Singular: refers to one person, place, thing, or idea.
Actor, stadium, Canadian, truth, person
Plural: refers to more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Actors, stadiums, Canadians, truths, people
702.2 Gender of a Noun
Indicates whether a noun is masculine, feminine, neuter, or indefinite.
Masculine: uncle, brother, men, bull, rooster, stallion
Feminine: aunt, sister, women, cow, hen
Neuter (without gender): tree, cobweb, closet
Indefinite (masculine or feminine): president, plumber, doctor, parent

6. Forms of Nouns 702.3 Case of a Noun
Tells how nouns are related to other words used with them. There are three cases: nominative, possessive, and objective.

7. Forms of Nouns Nominative case: noun can be the subject of a clause.
Danny’s feet were tapping nervously under the table; that tall man in the corner owed an explanation to the boy he had left behind.
Possessive case: noun shows possession or ownership.
Like the spider’s claw, a pat of him touches a world he will never enter. (Loren Eiseley, “The Hidden Treasure”)
Can also be a predicate noun (predicate nominative) which follows a “be verb” and renames the subject.
Objective case: noun can be a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of the preposition.
Marna always gives Mylo science fiction books for his birthday.
Mylo is the indirect object, books is the direct object of the verb “gives”, and birthday is the object of the preposition “for”.

8. Functions of Nouns Write Source Function Symbol Example 738.1 Subject
Children play.
Predicate noun PN
Bobby is only a child.
702.3
Possessive noun
POS
A child’s voice cried out.
716.2
Direct object DO
Someone had accidentally kicked the child.
716
Indirect object IO
We gave the child an adhesive bandage.
732
Object of preposition OP
The other children gathered near the child.

9. Functions of nouns 738.1 Subjects and Predicates 716.2 Objects
Subject: part of the sentence about which something is said.
Predicate: contains the verb & the part of the sentence which says something about the subject.
716.2 Objects
Direct Object: receives the action of a transitive verb (verb that needs an object) directly from the subject.
Indirect Object: names the person to whom or for whom something is done.
732.1 Prepositions
Prepositions: show the relationship between its object (a noun or a pronoun that follows the preposition) and another word in the sentence.
Object of the Preposition: The first noun or pronoun to follow the preposition