The Nouns
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A noun is a word used to denote something.
There are many kinds of nouns as :
1) Proper nouns: These are the nouns of proper names countries ,towns,rivers,seas,England.
2) Common nouns: They are used for general things as a boy, a cat, a school, a man.
3) Collective nouns: They are the nouns of groups as army, navy, government, band, herd, bunch.
3) Abstract nouns: These are the nouns of things that cannot be touched . They are the names of meanings.
Sleep, love, hatred, beauty, happiness, friendship.
* How to form the plural of nouns ?
The general rule is to add (s) to the nouns in the singular.
A boy - boys. A pen - pens.
There are some other cases.
1) Nouns ending in ( ss-ch-sh-o-x-z) we add (es) to the noun.
A glass = glasses
A church = churches
A box = boxes
A potato = potatoes
2) Nouns ending with (fe-f) are changed into (ves) .
A wife = wives
A loaf = loaves
A shelf = shelves
A knife = knives
3) Nouns ending with (y) are of two kinds .
a) (y) preceded by a vowel we add (s) only.
A boy = boys
b) (y) preceded by a consonant is changed into (ies).
A city = cities
A lady = ladies
4) These are irregular nouns:
A man - men
A child - children
An oasis - oases
An ox - oxen
5) There are some singular nouns:
news _ money _ air _ milk _ information _ knowledge _ cheese _ snow _ smoke _ butter _ garage
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