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Nouns In English Grammar
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What Is A Noun?
The word: “Noun” — is a grammatical term which is most-commonly referred to as one of the, “Parts of Speech” in English Grammar. However — the less-commonly used term: “Word-Classes” — is actually far-more appropriate. This is because “Speech” is only one way of using a language. A great deal of it (like this blog post) is in the “Written” form.
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So — the grammatical term: “Noun” — is one of the nine different Word-Classes that represents Words which are used to indicate a: Person, Place, Thing, Event, Idea, or Animal… (all of which are can also be classified generally as “things”.)
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However — despite the fact that all of the “things” that Nouns represent, are just different types of “Things” — it would be wrong to say that: “Nouns are things”. Instead — the WORD “Noun” is the grammatical term for anything which can be referred to as a “Thing”.
There are also many different classifications of Nouns:

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- Proper & Common Nouns
- Collective Nouns
Besides these, there are also:
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- Adjectives as Nouns
These different classifications of Nouns will be covered in future posts. For now, let’s see some examples of Nouns as described in their most basic forms.
Noun Examples
Person:
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Place:
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- Plovdiv / “Cougar” Hot Springs / Sarajevo / Tenerife – (Specific)
Thing:
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- Knife / Microphone / Computer / Castle – (tangible)
Event:
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- Dinner-Time / Halloween / The Grammy Awards / Bath-Time – (specific)
- Skateboarding / Snowboarding / Swimming / Eating – (abstract)
Idea:
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Animal:
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