Classification of Nouns: Common Noun

Common Noun

is a word (such as “singer,” “ocean,” or “car”) that refers to a person, place, or thing but that is not the name of a particular person, place, or thing.

It actually is the 'category label' for things. Let say 'car' is the common noun for a Honda civic, and a 'Honda civic' is the proper noun for a car. It's like asking your self what kind of car do I like? A Ferrari or a Porsche?

Comparing common noun with proper nouns makes it more easy to understand. Let say, a common noun is the 'type' of object and proper noun is the 'example' of that type. A type of structure: building, an example of a building: World Trade Center.

Now take a look at this chart for more comparison.

*Take note that common nouns usually written in small letter while proper nouns are written with a capital letter. This rule often applies wherever the noun is placed in the sentence except at the beginning of a sentence where all should be written with a capital letter.

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Kinds of Pronouns: Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns

are pronouns having the same form but different in usage. Reflexive pronouns acts as 'direct object' of the verb or 'object of the preposition' in a sentence if the receiver of the action is the subject itself. It merely reflects the subject . Intensive pronoun emphasizes the subject . It requires to be beside an antecedent or the noun it intensifies. In short, it intensifies the subject of the sentence. Let us study this chart to see the difference between the two.

Cases of Nouns: Possessive (Genitive) Case

Possessive (Genitive) i s a word of, relating to, or constituting a word, a word group, or a grammatical case that denotes ownership or a relation analogous or similar to ownership. Possession is simply the state of having or owning something. A noun is in possessive case if it shows ownership or possession . Nouns or pronouns in possessive case are usually guided by the noun that follows it. Possessive case are marked with an apostrophe and 's' at the end of the word or with the 'of' phrase. Observe this chart contrasting the apostrophe and 's' and the the 'of' phrase:

Cases of Nouns: Objective (Accusative) Case

Objective (Accusative) is the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb. When we say object, objective case or object of the preposition we are not talking about something tangible or the literal object or thing . We refer to them as one that receives the action . In short, words that receives the action are in objective case . We can call it the recipient . Observe this chart for the position and characteristics of words or group of words in objective case.

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