Nouns

A noun is the //** name **// of a person, place, thing or idea.

>>> //**MENT **// (government, astonishment, chastisement, placement)
 * **Common nouns ** begin with a lower case letter.
 * **Proper nouns ** begin with a capital letter! They name a **particular ** person, place, or thing. A proper noun is often more than one word! Examples: Empire State Building, Atlantic Ocean, North Pole, Goodyear Tire Company, Rick Riordan)
 * A //**concrete noun **// names a person , place , or thing <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">. (You can see it, feel it)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">An //**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">abstract noun **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> names an <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">idea <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">. (You can't see an idea. It's in your mind.)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Examples of **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">ideas **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Joy
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> Sorrow
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Hatred
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> Confusion
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Noun suffixes will help you find many <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">abstract <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> nouns:
 * //**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">ION **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> (fascination, concentration, creation, traction)
 * //**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20.8px;">TION **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20.8px;">(personification, recognition, application)
 * //**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">NESS **// ( <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">happiness, cheerfulness, sadness, haphazardness )
 * //**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">ITY **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">, //**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">TY **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> (integrity, ingenuity, fidelity, cruelty, beauty)
 * //**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">HOOD **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> (sisterhood, parenthood)
 * //**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">SHIP **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> (fellowship, apprenticeship, partnership)
 * //**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">ENCE **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> (difference, conference)
 * //**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">ANCE **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> (deliverance, brilliance)
 * **//<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">ISM //** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">(Hinduism, creationism, communism, socialism)

<span style="color: #2a19f0; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Compound Nouns can be written in three ways:

 * One word: cupcake, bedroom, housekeeper, softball, haircut, headmaster, handbook, clipboard, whiteboard, nutcase, butterfly
 * Hyphenated word: twenty-five, merry-go-round, fire-fly, daughter-in-law, six-year-old
 * Two words: dog bed, cooking oil, water bottle, basket case, candy cane, peanut butter

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Tips for finding nouns in sentences:
 * Nouns answer the questions **//who//**, **//whom//** , or **//what//**.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Nouns follow the articles,<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> **//a//**, <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">//**an**// , and<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> **//the//** . The noun may not be the very next word, but it's coming eventually. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Example: I'm in a big dilemma. //<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dilemma //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> is a noun. It follows the article **//a//**.
 * Nouns can often be made plural by adding the suffix **// s //** or **// es //**. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Example: I've been in some big dilemmas. You can be in several //<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">dilemma**s** //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">! If you can make it plural, it's a noun!
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Nouns can be found in several positions in sentences: They can be **subjects**, **direct objects**, **predicate nominatives**, and **objects of prepositions**.