Gerunds are nouns that are identical to the present participle ( -ing form) of a verb, as in "I enjoy swimming more than running."Īn attributive noun is a noun that modifies another noun that immediately follows it, such as business in business meeting. ( British) "The team have been doing well this season."
In the United States, such nouns as company, team, herd, public, and class, as well as the names of companies, teams, etc., are treated as singular, but in the United Kingdom they are often treated as plural: ( US) "The team has been doing well this season." vs. It's sometimes unclear whether the verb for a collective noun should be singular or plural. A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, or thing it usually begins with a capital letter: Abraham Lincoln, Argentina, and World War I are all proper nouns.Ī collective noun is a noun that names a group of people or things, such as flock or squad. Examples are animal, sunlight, and happiness. A common noun refers to a person, place, or thing but is not the name of a particular person, place, or thing. There are a number of different categories of nouns. It's usually a single word, but not always: cake, shoes, school bus, and time and a half are all nouns. A noun is a word that refers to a thing ( book), a person ( Noah Webster), an animal ( cat), a place ( Omaha), a quality ( softness), an idea ( justice), or an action ( yodeling). Nouns make up the largest class of words in most languages, including English.
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