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The Simple English Wikipedia has an article on:
Noun

Contents

  • 1 Pronunciation
  • 2 Noun
    • 2.1 Synonyms
    • 2.2 See also

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA (key): /naʊn/
  • SAMPA: /naUn/
  • Audio (US-Inland North)(file)

NounEdit

Singular
noun

Plural
nouns

  1. A noun is a kind of word that is usually the name of a person, place, thing, quality, or idea. In English, nouns can be the subject or object of a sentence. They can be singular or plural.
    The words "cat", "home", "bread", "Sue" and "sunshine" are nouns.

SynonymsEdit

  • name
  • substantive

See alsoEdit

  • Category:Nouns


Types of nouns (edit)

common noun - proper noun | concrete noun - abstract noun
count noun - uncountable noun (or mass noun)- collective noun
singular noun - plural noun | possessive noun


Grammar (edit)
parts of speech noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions head - subject - predicate - object - complement - modifier - adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses independent clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause
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Last edited on 9 October 2018, at 16:52
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