{"id":50234,"count":25,"description":"A <strong>noun <\/strong>is a word that represents a person, thing, concept, or place. Most sentences contain at least one <a href=index.html#nouns-pronouns\">noun or pronoun<\/a>. For example, the sentences below contain anywhere from one to three nouns.\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Examples: Nouns in a sentence<\/figcaption>The <strong>dog <\/strong>ran very fast.\r\n\r\n<strong>June <\/strong>is my <a href=index-4559.html>favorite<\/a> <strong>month<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Teachers <\/strong>emphasize the <strong>importance <\/strong>of <strong>grammar<\/strong>.<\/figure>\r\nNouns are one of the main types of words in English, along with other <a href=index-3515.html>parts of speech<\/a> such as <a href=index-3523.html>verbs<\/a>. They are often, but not always, preceded by an <a href=index-4560.html>article<\/a> (\u201cthe,\u201d \u201ca,\u201d or \u201can\u201d) or other <a href=index-3525.html>determiner<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<h2 id=\"nouns-sentences\">How are nouns used in sentences?<\/h2>\r\nA complete sentence usually consists of at least a <a href=index-4214.html>subject and a verb<\/a>. The subject describes some person or thing, and the verb describes an action carried out by the subject.\r\n\r\nIn most cases, the subject is a noun or a <a href=index-3541.html>pronoun<\/a>. So the most basic role for a noun is to act as the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">subject<\/span> for a <span class=\"highlight-green\">verb<\/span> that follows it.\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Examples: Nouns as subjects<\/figcaption><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Birds<\/span> <span class=\"highlight-green\">fly<\/span>.\r\n\r\n<span class=\"highlight-blue\">David<\/span> <span class=\"highlight-green\">went<\/span> out.\r\n\r\n<span class=\"highlight-blue\">Pizza<\/span> <span class=\"highlight-green\">is<\/span> delicious.<\/figure>\r\nNouns and pronouns can also play the role of <strong>object<\/strong> in a sentence. An object usually comes after the verb and represents something or someone that is affected by the action described. Objects can be direct or indirect:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">The <span class=\"highlight-purple\"><strong>direct object<\/strong><\/span> is someone or something that is directly acted upon by the verb.<\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">The <span class=\"highlight-yellow\"><strong>indirect object<\/strong><\/span> is someone or something that receives the direct object.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Examples: Nouns as direct and indirect objects<\/figcaption>Esm\u00e9e lends <span class=\"highlight-yellow\">Bente<\/span> <span class=\"highlight-purple\">the calculator<\/span>.\r\n\r\nPlease give <span class=\"highlight-yellow\">Jeremy<\/span> <span class=\"highlight-purple\">some bread<\/span>.\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve brought <span class=\"highlight-yellow\">the girls<\/span> <span class=\"highlight-purple\">a gift<\/span>!<\/figure>\r\n<h3 id=\"noun-phrases\">Noun phrases<\/h3>\r\nWhen analyzing <a href=index-4360.html>sentence structure<\/a>, it\u2019s common to refer to <strong>noun phrases<\/strong>. A noun phrase is a noun or pronoun in combination with all the words that belong with it in the sentence, such as any articles, <a href=index-3479.html>adjectives<\/a>, or other determiners that modify the noun.\r\n\r\nA <span class=\"highlight-blue\">noun phrase<\/span> can consist of the noun or pronoun alone or of a much longer series of words (always including at least one noun or pronoun).\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Examples: Noun phrases in sentences<\/figcaption><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Pizza<\/span> is delicious.\r\n\r\n<span class=\"highlight-blue\">The boa constrictor<\/span> is <span class=\"highlight-blue\">a well-known species of snake<\/span>.\r\n\r\nPlease give <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Jeremy<\/span> <span class=\"highlight-blue\">some bread<\/span>.\r\n\r\n<span class=\"highlight-blue\">You and I<\/span> need to have <span class=\"highlight-blue\">a little talk.<\/span><\/figure>\r\n<h2 id=\"nouns-pronouns\">Nouns vs. pronouns<\/h2>\r\n<a href=index-4525.html><strong>Pronouns<\/strong><\/a> are a much smaller set of words (such as \u201cI,\u201d \u201cshe,\u201d and \u201cthey\u201d) that are used in a similar way to nouns. They are primarily used to stand in for a noun that has already been mentioned or to refer to yourself and other people.\r\n\r\nLike nouns, pronouns can function as the head of a noun phrase and as the subject or object of a verb. You can have a complete sentence consisting of just a pronoun and a verb (e.g., \u201cHe walks.\u201d), just as you could with a noun (\u201cJack walks.\u201d).\r\n\r\nUnlike nouns, some pronouns (mainly the <a href=index-3477.html>personal pronouns<\/a>) change their forms depending on the grammatical context they\u2019re used in. For example, the <a href=index-4561.html>first-person pronoun<\/a> is \u201cI\u201d when it\u2019s used as a subject and \u201cme\u201d when it\u2019s used as an object, whereas a noun like \u201cdog\u201d would look the same in both cases.\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Examples: Pronouns in a sentence<\/figcaption><strong>I<\/strong> can\u2019t attend on Friday.\r\n\r\nHave <strong>you<\/strong> ever met <strong>them <\/strong>before?\r\n\r\n<strong>That<\/strong> is beside the point.\r\n\r\nAccording to <strong>her<\/strong>, <strong>it <\/strong>might rain tomorrow.<\/figure>\r\n<h2 id=\"common-proper\">Common vs. proper nouns<\/h2>\r\nAn important distinction is made between two types of nouns, common nouns and proper nouns.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=index-3566.html><span class=\"highlight-blue\"><strong>Common nouns<\/strong><\/span><\/a> are more general. A common noun refers to a class of person, place, thing, or concept, but not to someone or something specific.<\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=index-3564.html><span class=\"highlight-green\"><strong>Proper nouns<\/strong><\/span><\/a> are the names of specific people, places, things, or concepts. They are always <a href=index-1784.html>capitalized<\/a> to distinguish them from common nouns.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Examples: Common and proper nouns<\/figcaption><span class=\"highlight-green\">Anya<\/span> is traveling to <span class=\"highlight-green\">France<\/span> by <span class=\"highlight-blue\">train<\/span>.\r\n\r\nOf the three <span class=\"highlight-blue\">children<\/span>, <span class=\"highlight-green\">Lola<\/span> has the strongest <span class=\"highlight-blue\">grasp<\/span> of <span class=\"highlight-blue\">geometry<\/span>.<\/figure>\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left yellow\"><figcaption>Note<\/figcaption>The names of the seasons (\u201cspring,\u201d \u201csummer,\u201d \u201cfall\u201d\/\u201dautumn,\u201d and \u201cwinter\u201d) are an exception to the rule of capitalizing proper nouns. They are not capitalized in English, unlike the names of days and months.<\/figure>\r\n<h2 id=\"countable-uncountable\">Countable vs. uncountable nouns<\/h2>\r\nAnother important distinction is between <a href=index-4562.html>countable and uncountable nouns<\/a>:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Countable nouns<\/strong> (also called <strong>count nouns<\/strong>) refer to things that can be counted. They can be preceded by an indefinite article or a number, and they can be pluralized. Most nouns are countable (e.g., \"fact(s)\" or \"<a href=index-4018.html>misnomer(s)<\/a>\").<\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Uncountable nouns<\/strong> (also called <strong>noncount nouns<\/strong> or <strong>mass nouns<\/strong>) refer to things that can\u2019t be counted. They should never be preceded by an indefinite article or a number, and they cannot be pluralized (e.g., \"information\" or \"<a href=index-4563.html>advice<\/a>\").<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nA common mistake in English is treating uncountable nouns as if they were countable by pluralizing them or using an indefinite article. The solution to these problems is usually to rephrase using a related term or phrase that is countable.\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Examples: Mistakes with the uncountable noun \u201cresearch\u201d<\/figcaption>\r\n<ul class=\"kb-checklist\">\r\n \t<li class=\"error\">My previous <span class=\"highlight-red\">two researches<\/span> indicated that \u2026<\/li>\r\n \t<li>My previous two studies indicated that \u2026<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul class=\"kb-checklist\">\r\n \t<li class=\"error\">It\u2019s important to account for bias in <span class=\"highlight-red\">a research<\/span>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">It\u2019s important to account for <a href=index-2771.html>bias in research<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">It\u2019s important to account for bias in a research project.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<h2 id=\"concrete-abstract\">Concrete vs. abstract nouns<\/h2>\r\nA distinction is often made between concrete nouns and abstract nouns.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=index-4564.html><strong>Concrete nouns<\/strong><\/a> refer to physical objects, places, or individuals: things or people that can be observed with the senses, such as \u201capple,\u201d \u201chill,\u201d \u201czebra,\u201d and \u201cDorothy.\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=index-4565.html><strong>Abstract nouns<\/strong><\/a> refer to concepts, ideas, feelings, and processes that can\u2019t be physically located, such as \u201cgrammar,\u201d \u201cjustice,\u201d \u201csadness,\u201d and \u201crelaxation.\u201d<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThere\u2019s no grammatical difference between concrete and abstract nouns\u2014it\u2019s just a distinction that\u2019s made to point out the different kinds of things nouns can refer to.\r\n<h2 id=\"collective-nouns\">Collective nouns<\/h2>\r\nA <a href=index-3581.html><strong>collective noun<\/strong><\/a> is a word used to refer to a group of people or things, such as \u201cteam,\u201d \u201cband,\u201d or \u201cherd.\u201d A collective noun can also be a proper noun\u2014for example, the name of a specific company or band.\r\n\r\nA collective noun may appear to be singular (e.g., \u201cteam\u201d) or plural (e.g., \u201cThe Beatles\u201d) in form, and there\u2019s some disagreement about whether they should be treated grammatically as singular or plural. The following applies for <a href=index-4062.html>US vs. UK English<\/a>.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">In <strong>US English<\/strong>, it\u2019s standard to treat collective nouns as singular, regardless of whether they look plural or not.<\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">In <strong>UK English<\/strong>, the same words may be treated as plural or singular depending on the context\u2014for example, treated as plural when you\u2019re emphasizing the individual members of the group, singular when you\u2019re emphasizing the overall collective.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Examples: Collective nouns (US English)<\/figcaption>The whole <strong>team<\/strong> is really excited to meet you!\r\n\r\nA <strong>gaggle <\/strong>of geese is the most threatening thing you\u2019re likely to encounter at the park.\r\n\r\nMy favorite band is <strong>Fleetwood Mac<\/strong>, but <strong>Talking Heads<\/strong> is pretty good, too.<\/figure>\r\n<h2 id=\"other-types\">Other types of nouns<\/h2>\r\nThere are many nouns in English (more than any other part of speech), and accordingly many ways of forming nouns and using them. Some other important types of nouns are:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=index.html#possessive-nouns\">Possessive nouns<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=index.html#gerunds\">Gerunds<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=index.html#attributive-nouns\">Attributive nouns<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=index.html#appositive-nouns\">Appositive nouns<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=index.html#generic-nouns\">Generic nouns<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 id=\"possessive-nouns\">Possessive nouns<\/h3>\r\nA <a href=index-3577.html><strong>possessive noun<\/strong><\/a> is a noun that\u2019s followed by an <a href=index-3587.html>apostrophe (\u2019)<\/a> and the letter \u201cs\u201d to indicate possession (e.g., \u201cmy <strong>father\u2019s<\/strong> house\u201d).\r\n\r\nTo indicate possession with a <a href=index-3580.html>plural noun<\/a> that ends in \u201cs,\u201d you just add the apostrophe after the \u201cs,\u201d and don\u2019t add an extra \u201cs\u201d (e.g., \u201cmy <strong>parents\u2019<\/strong> house\u201d).\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Example:\u00a0Possessive nouns in a sentence<\/figcaption>This place is smaller than my <strong>parents\u2019 <\/strong>house but much bigger than my <strong>sister\u2019s<\/strong> apartment.<\/figure>\r\n<h3 id=\"gerunds\">Gerunds<\/h3>\r\nA <a href=index-4014.html><strong>gerund<\/strong><\/a> is a noun that is identical to the <a href=index-4566.html#present\">present participle<\/a> (the \u201c-ing\u201d form) of a verb. These are typically nouns that describe the same activity as the <a href=index-4567.html>verb<\/a> they were formed from, such as \u201cdriving,\u201d formed from the present participle of \u201cdrive.\u201d\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Example: Gerunds in a sentence<\/figcaption>When I\u2019m on vacation, <strong>sunbathing <\/strong>and <strong>reading <\/strong>are my favorite activities.<\/figure>\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left yellow\"><figcaption>Note<\/figcaption>Gerunds are one way of turning a verb into a noun. The opposite process, turning a noun into a verb, is called \u201cverbing\u201d (e.g., using the noun \u201cmedal\u201d as a verb to mean \u201cwin a medal\u201d).<\/figure>\r\n<h3 id=\"attributive-nouns\">Attributive nouns<\/h3>\r\n<strong>Attributive nouns<\/strong> are nouns that are used like <a href=index-3479.html>adjectives<\/a>, to modify another noun. For example, \u201ccompany\u201d is an attributive noun in the phrase \u201ccompany policy.\u201d\r\n\r\nEven though attributive nouns work similarly to adjectives, they\u2019re still classed as nouns. This is because they don\u2019t <a href=index-4568.html>fulfill<\/a> all the grammatical requirements of adjectives. For example, they have to appear before the noun\u2014it wouldn\u2019t make <a href=index-4060.html>sense<\/a> to say \u201ca policy that is company.\u201d\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Example: Attributive noun in a sentence<\/figcaption>I\u2019m a big fan of <strong>carrot<\/strong> cake, but <strong>ice <\/strong>cream is my favorite dessert.<\/figure>\r\n<h3 id=\"appositive-nouns\">Appositive nouns<\/h3>\r\nAn <a href=index-4569.html><strong>appositive noun<\/strong><\/a> (or appositive noun phrase) is a noun that comes after another noun to provide additional information about it.\r\n\r\nIf the appositive provides essential information (i.e., it wouldn\u2019t be clear who or what you are referring to without it), it\u2019s written without any extra <a href=index-1771.html>punctuation<\/a>. If it provides extra information that is not essential, it\u2019s surrounded by <a href=index-4306.html>commas<\/a>.\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Examples: Appositive nouns in a sentence<\/figcaption>My colleague <strong>Adam <\/strong>has really bad breath.\r\n\r\nMy car<strong>, a Ford Focus,<\/strong> broke down yesterday.<\/figure>\r\n<h3 id=\"generic-nouns\">Generic nouns<\/h3>\r\nA <strong>generic noun<\/strong> is a noun that is used to refer to a whole class of things (or people, places, etc.). They can be plural or singular, and they may appear with a definite article, an indefinite article, or no <a href=index-3571.html>article<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThe same noun may be used generically in some contexts and not others. For example, it would be equally possible to use the nouns in the sentences below in a non-generic way (e.g., \u201cthe people I know best are my brothers\u201d; \u201cmy father operated a printing press\u201d).\r\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left blue\"><figcaption>Examples: Generic nouns in a sentence<\/figcaption><strong>People<\/strong> are resourceful.\r\n\r\n<strong>The printing press<\/strong> revolutionized European society.<\/figure>\r\n<h2 id=\"other\">Other interesting language articles<\/h2>\r\nIf you want to know more about nouns, <a href=index29f5.html?p=76964\%22>pronouns<\/a>, <a href=index883c.html?cat_ID=50280\%22>verbs<\/a>, and other <a href=indexb736.html?cat_ID=50272\%22>parts of speech<\/a>, make sure to check out some of our other language articles with explanations and examples.\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-md\" style=\"background-color: #e8f2fc; padding: 1.27rem 1.56rem; line-height: 1.8; border-radius: .5rem; margin-right: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;\">\r\n\r\n<strong>Nouns &amp; pronouns<\/strong>\r\n<ul style=\"padding: 5px;\">\r\n \t<li><a href=index0404.html?p=401303\%22>Common nouns<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=index4b24.html?p=400751\%22>Proper nouns<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=indexfb88.html?p=407243\%22>Collective nouns<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=index4c18.html?p=438565\%22>Personal pronouns<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=indexc3f6.html?p=79481\%22>Uncountable and countable nouns<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md\" style=\"background-color: #e8f2fc; padding: 1.27rem 1.56rem; line-height: 1.8; border-radius: .5rem; margin-right: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;\">\r\n\r\n<strong>Verbs<\/strong>\r\n<ul style=\"padding: 5px;\">\r\n \t<li><a href=index0e1a.html?p=4332\%22>Verb tenses<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=index9873.html?p=8072\%22>Phrasal verbs<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=index883c.html?cat_ID=50280\%22>Types of verbs<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=index45c9.html?p=5832\%22>Active vs passive voice<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=index5b49-2.html?p=74889\%22>Subject-verb agreement<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md\" style=\"background-color: #e8f2fc; padding: 1.27rem 1.56rem; line-height: 1.8; border-radius: .5rem; margin-right: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;\">\r\n\r\n<strong>Other\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n<ul style=\"padding: 5px;\">\r\n \t<li><a href=index183c.html?p=17035\%22>Articles<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=indexb2bf.html?p=427810\%22>Interjections<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=index1639.html?p=8041\%22>Adjectives<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=indexca3e.html?p=426000\%22>Determiners<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=indexab76.html?p=76340\%22>Prepositions<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n[FAQ-article]","link":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/category\/nouns-and-pronouns\/","name":"Nouns and pronouns","slug":"nouns-and-pronouns","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>What Is a Noun? | Definition, Types &amp; Examples<\/title>\n
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