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Nouns - Coggle Diagram
Nouns
uncountable nouns
sugar, water, butter, salt
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proper nouns
Jannie, Tom, London, Paris
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a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun)
Gerunds are nouns that are identical to the present participle (-ing form) of a verb, as in "I enjoy swimming more than running.
An attributive noun is a noun that modifies another noun that immediately follows it, such as business in business meeting. These nouns look like adjectives but they're not.
A count noun is a noun that can be used after a or an or after a number (or another word that means "more than one")
A mass noun (or noncount noun) refers to something that cannot be counted. Mass nouns are normally not used after the words a or an or after a number. They have only one form and are used with singular verb forms, as in "Portuguese is one of the languages they speak," and "The information was unclear."
Middle English nowne, from Anglo-French nom, noun name, noun, from Latin nomen — more at NAME
Nouns can act as the subject of a sentence (i.e., the person or thing performing the action) or as the object of a verb (i.e., the person or thing affected by the action).