Nouns

This is a handout that I adapted from the textbook:

=Level 1= Concrete Nouns – That which you can hold · apple, Pope John Paul II, boulder, cat, zoo, New York City, etc. Abstract Nouns – An idea, concept, etc. Cannot be touched. · Justice, Wrongdoing, Color, Intent, Speech, etc.

Common Noun – General, non-specific nouns. //Not// capitalized. · apple, pen, zoo, pepper shaker, dog, etc. Proper Noun – A //specific// noun. //Must// be capitalized. · Pope John Paul II, New York City, the English language, etc.

Regular Plural Nouns: -s Plural ending in //s, x, z, ch, sh// -es Irregular Plurals +{PLU} No standard form.

=Level 2= Never use apostrophes (‘) to form plurals. (‘) is used for //possession// (ownership). Don’t confuse the Noun with a similar Verb (see page 65).

Common Nouns ending in //y// //vowel// -s //consonant// -i +es

Common noun ending in //f// or //fe// Varies -s //or// –ves

Common nouns ending in //o// //vowel// -s //consonant// -s //or// –es

Regular Proper Nouns: -s Proper ending in //s, x, z, ch, sh// -es

= Compound Words = //Single word// end of the whole word //Open Form// +{PLU} on the //most important// noun in the word //OF w/o principal noun// end of the whole word [Compound words can have multiple forms]

Numbers/Letters/Degrees/Isolated words //Numbers// -s Other //Uppercase Letters// -s //A, I, M, U// -**‘**s Lower case //letters// -**‘**s //isolated words// -s //or// –es //degrees// -s

Abbreviations -s Abbrvs. of measurement -/ = = =Level 3=

Foreign Words (page 68) Latin //a – ae// //us – i// //um – a// //x- ces//

French //eau – eaux//

Special Nouns Some words are considered //non-count//. They are concrete nouns that cannot be broken up into countable parts. Milk, water, gravel, furniture, etc., are neither singular nor plural.

Some words that end in //–s// or //–es// are either always //plural// or always //singular// (see bottom of page 69).

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