Parts of Speech - Nouns
A Noun is a person, place, thing, idea, or emotion. Of course we remember that from grade school, (But I learned just person, place, or thing.) The tricky ones might be ideas and emotions. Example: happiness, religion.
Most words that start with capital letters are nouns. You don’t have to be able to see it for it to be a noun. You cannot see ideas and emotions but they are still things.
There are five types of nouns.
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Common
Nouns that do not start with capital letters. happiness, boy, city -
Proper
Nouns that start with capital letters. California, Buddhism, Joe -
Concrete
Things you can see, hear, smell, taste, or feel. -
Abstract
Nouns that represent ideas or emotions. happiness, anger -
Collective
Nouns that represent a group of things without being plural. group, orchestra, audience, flock, herd (These can also be plurals.)
Most nouns can be counted.