NOUN :- KINDS OF NOUN

NOUN: KINDS OF NOUN

A NOUN IS A WORD USED AS A NAME OF A PERSON, PLACE OR THING. 

NOTE :- THE WORD USED TO MEAN ANYTHING THAT WE CAN THINK OF.

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE :- 

ASOKA WAS A WISE KING 

THE NOUN ASOKA REFERS TO A PARTICULAR KING , BUT THE NOUN KING MIGHT BE APPLIED TO ANY OTHER KING AS WELL AS TO ASOKA WE CALL ASOKA  A PROPER NOUN, AND KING A COMMON NOUN

*WHAT IS A COMMON NOUN? 

COMMON NOUN IS A WORD OR NAME GIVEN TO EVERY PERSON OR THING OF THE SAME CLASS OR KIND 

*WHAT IS PROPER NOUN?

IT IS THE NAME OF SOME PARTICULAR PERSON OR PLACE 

NOTE 1:- PROPER NOUN IS ALWAYS WRITTEN IN CAPITAL LETTER AT THE BEGINNING 

NOTE :- PROPER NOUNS ARE SOMETIMES USED AS A COMMON NOUNS;AS

EXAMPLE:-

*HE WAS THE LUKMAN (=THE WISEST MAN)OF HIS AGE.

COMMON NOUNS INCLUDE WHAT ARE CALLED COLLECTIVE NOUNS AND ABSTRACT NOUNS

*WHAT ARE COLLECTIVE NOUNS?

IT IS THE NAME OF A NUMBER ( OR COLLECTION ) OF PERSONS OR THINGS TAKEN TOGETHER AND SPOKEN OF AS ONE WHOLE ;AS 

EXAMPLE:- CROWD,MOB,TEAM,FLOCK,HERD,ARMY,FLEET,JURY,FAMILY,NATION,PARLIMENT,

COMMITTEE 

* WHAT ARE ABSTRACT NOUNS?

IT IS USUALLY THE NAME OF A QUALITY ACTION STATE CONSIDERED APART FROM THE OBJECT TO WHICH IT BELONGS ;AS.

QUALITY -- GOODNESS,KINDNESS,WHITENESS,DARKNESS, HARDNESS,BRIGHTNESS,HONESTY,WIDSOME, BRAVERY

THE NAMES ARTS AND SCIENCE ARE ALSO ABSTRACT NOUNS

CREDIT:- BY WREN AND MARTIN
REVISED BY ND RAO