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Nouns

Noun: A noun is a word used as the name of a person, animal, place or thing.

Nouns are divided into four kinds of nouns:

Proper Noun: The name of a particular person or place is called a proper noun.
Eg: Ram is my friend.
Hyderabad is the capital of Andhra Pradesh.

Common Noun: The name given in common to every person or thing of the same class or kind is called a common noun.

Eg: Hyderabad is a big city.
That boy got the first rank.

Collective Noun: The name given to a collection of persons, animals or things is called collective noun.
Eg: The army fought bravely.

The team played well.

Material noun: The raw materials used to make other products are called material nouns.

Eg: Gold is an expensive metal.

Abstract Noun: The name used for a quality, action or state is called an abstract noun.

Eg: Health is wealth.
Honesty
is the best policy.
Published date : 29 Sep 2010 02:40PM

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