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Noun types
review of noun types
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9th Grade
09/20/2011

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Term
noun
Definition
  word or group of words that refers to a person, place, or thing or any syntactically similar word
Term
compound noun
Definition
a noun (person, place, thing, idea) that is made up of more than one word.
Term
possessive noun
Definition
a noun that names who or what has something
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plural noun
Definition
more than one item
Term
collective noun
Definition
a word used to define a group of objects, where objects can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts, or other things.
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abstract noun
Definition
refers to ideas or concepts
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concrete noun
Definition
can be observed by at least one of the senses
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proper noun
Definition
represents unique entities (such as London, Jupiter, Larry, or Toyota)
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common noun
Definition

describe a class of entities

(such as city, planet, person or car)

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