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Types of nouns

Types of nouns

Nouns are words used to identify something and give a name to it. That "something" can be people, objects, animals, places, etc. The purpose of the nouns is to help us to identify what are the actors that intervene in text.

There are several types of nouns, in order to give a wider view about them, we are going to present 10, these nouns are: Common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, concrete nouns, compound nouns, countable nouns, uncountable nouns, collective nouns, singular nouns and plural nouns.

References

  • Lock, G. (1996). Functional English Grammar: An Introduction for Second Language Teachers (Cambridge Language Education) (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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