Questions tagged [nouns]
A noun is a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify people, places, or things, or to name a particular one of those.
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Why is November a proper noun but not thalamus?
Google says that it's because November is a specifically named 11th month of a year, while thalamus is a "general anatomical structure". But I can argue that thalamus is similarly a named ...
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Does the first word in the compound "earthquake" change depending on the planet?
Is an "earthquake" happening on another planet a "-quake" prefixed with the name of the planet, like venusquake, and does that take the initial capital (i.e. Venusquake)? Is there ...
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“shack of a place”
"Ingrid had her arm around her. 'You are the saucepan warrior. And I think we need to mark your fearlessness, and our potentially groundbreaking findings, with a meal. A nice meal. And some vodka....
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Can "Accepted" Be Used as a Noun?
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On this ELL StackExchange site, when an answer is accepted, it is marked as "Accepted," as shown in the screenshot below. (You can also confirm this on each answerer's Activity ...
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Compounding a quantifier with a noun
I am looking for a general rule that shows how to compound a quantifier (every, any, each) with a noun (body, thing, box).
I observed that all of the words must be formed with a unspecific quantifier, ...
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What's the difference between noun adjuncts and adjectives?
A noun adjunct is a noun adjectivally modyfing another noun (a coat pocket). Why don't we or dictionaries just recognise noun adjuncts as adjectives then? Why is 'coat' described as a noun, but 'mere' ...
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Clarification about Noun Phrase
The boy is playing.
A dog is barking.
In these two sentences are 'A boy' and 'The dog' Noun Phrases?
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Including Prepositions in Abbreviations
Should (e.g.) "programming language of John Doe" be abbreviated as "PLJD" or "PLOJD"/"PLoJD"?
More generally asking, should abbreviations include nonnouns such ...
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A weird problem with the part of speech in a clause
I'm working on Cambridge IELTS 19 Test 2, coming up with a strange problem with question 5 in the Reading Passage 1:
Smelting of iron ore with coke resulted in material that was better __________.
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How do you change a sentence with a subject that is a noun clause to a question form?
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What he did shocked everyone.
Can I convert it to “ Did what he did shock everyone?”
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What she said surprised everyone.
Can I convert it to “ Did what she said surprise everyone?...
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What does "get a clear line on" mean?
In the book that I'm reading "The Girl Who Played With Fire" there is an investigation going on concerning a murder in Stockholm. There is a police inquiry about a person they suspect. The ...
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Number coordination in 'Apple iPhones are one of the must-have products'
I am wondering how easily a plural noun can be considered as a single group and thus replaced by 'it' or 'one', as in
'Apple iPhones are one of the must-have products'
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Plural and uncountable nouns without articles
I am confused about a section describing the usage of uncountable and plural nouns without articles.
Can they both be about all of the things and things in general?
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Try to get five times <the price you bought them at> vs <the amount you bought them for>
A1: You’ve got so many clothes. I’ve never seen you wearing some of
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B1: I’m going to sell a few items online soon.
A2: Knowing you, you’re going to try to get five times the price you bought ...
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Is the noun ‘ocean’ male, female or neuter?
It’s probably just me, but I can’t seem to find this in any public dictionary (…); is ‘ocean’ male, female, or neuter?
Like in:
I cannot swim this ocean, (her/his/its?) waters are too cold and deep.
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