Nouns

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Proper / Common Nouns

Nouns that name a particular item in a group are called proper nouns. The first letter is capitalized.

Michael Jordan (person, athlete...)
Pepsi Cola (drinks, soda),
New York (city)

Nouns that refer to a general class of person, place, entity are common nouns and they are not capitalized.

basketball player, soda, city

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Count / Non-Count (Mass) Nouns

This is the classification according to whether a noun can be counted or not. Count nouns are countable.

cat
tree
Dr. Adams
book
nut
bean

Mass nouns name undifferentiated mass, things that are not usually considered countable..

water
milk
grass
sand
news
money

Non-count nouns are usually singular and quantified by quantifiers such as much, more, less, some...

some sugar
less water
little butter

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Abstract/Concrete/Collective Nouns

Abstract nouns name ideas, thoughts, emotions.

love, peace, honor

Concrete nouns name physical objects that have a mass.

ball, tree, glass

Collective nouns refer to a group of people or entities.

herd, bunch, army, family, tribe

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