Using Nouns

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Using Nouns

• Nouns name people, places, and things.

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What kinds nouns are there?

• First, proper nouns name unique titles, persons,
  places, and organizations
• Dr. Monte teaches English at Dalton State
  College.
• Always capitalize the first letter of proper
  nouns to show that they are particular names.

Do you get this upset about improper grammar?
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Then what are common nouns?

• Common nouns are non-specific names for persons,
  places, and things.
• Which of these three words are common nouns?
• Doctors
• Prescribe
• Drugs

Is work really a lifetime sentence for not being
rich?
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Can you use nouns correctly?

• Use Medical Technology, nursing, health careers,
  medicine.
• The most usual college majors are in __.
• Many students take __ to become doctors.
• Others study __ to assist patients.
• Still others study __ so they can work in medical
  laboratories.

So why do doctors play so much golf?
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Is it Proper or just common?

• The College/college is located on I-75.
• We saw 20 Mustangs/mustangs there.
• Most Computers/computers are new.
• Our Textbook/textbook is in the store.
• He is President/president Bush/bush.
• Everyone needs a better Career/career.
• No one wants a Manual/manual labor job.
• The best result of all is an A/a grade.

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What are count nouns?

• Nouns are also either countable or non-count.
• Count nouns are specific items like pens and
  books.
• Non-count nouns are mass items like ink and
  paper.
• Non-count nouns cannot be plural.

If pennies dont count anymore, can you still
count them?
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Count or non-count noun?

• Which of the nouns are uncountable?
• Money
• Dollar
• Jewelry
• Ring
• Transportation
• Automobile
• Furniture
• Chair

Would women like giant diamonds to fall from the
sky?
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Count noun or non-count?

• Please give Joshua a few dollar/dollars for his
  lunch money/monies.
• How many/much job/jobs do you have?
• Where do you keep your music/musics CDs, in
  those box/boxes?
• Lets skip work today and go to the movie/movies
  theater instead.
• Come one, where did you put the key/keys to the
  car?

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Concrete or abstract nouns?

• Concrete nouns like computer and teacher name
  what we know through one of our five senses.
• Use more concrete nouns to improve your writing!
• Abstract nouns like war and thought name
  feelings, characteristics, qualities, and ideas.

Is the pool abstract or concrete?
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Is it concrete or abstract?

• Which sentences have concrete words and which
  have abstract?
• 1.  The breeze ruffled his feathers.
• 2. I have knowledge on the subject.
• 3. I could smell dinner.
• 4. Sara got frustrated.
• 5. The music blasted through the thin walls.
• 6. Buddhist beliefs are very different from
  other religions.

Should the boy go to school to learn better
English?
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What are compound nouns?

• Compound nouns are two nouns treated as one. 
• Compound nouns can be written as
• One word classroom, wristwatch
• Hyphenated full-time, stop-watch
• Separated assistant professor, pocket watch
• Be careful how you write compound nouns.

Should the boy go to school to learn better
English?
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Can you use compound nouns?

• Our English class meets in one of the Liberal
  Arts class-rooms/classrooms.
• Have you ever grown flowers in the winter in a
  green-house/greenhouse?
• Do you usually drive to college in an SUV or a
  pick-up/pickup truck?
• The best way to check out/check-out of the
  apartment is to see Carol Quick.
• Where is your make-up/make up?

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What are collective nouns?

• Collective nouns name groups of
• People team, committee
• Things furniture, jewelry
• Places resorts
• Collective nouns take singular verbs in America
  and plural verbs in Britain.
• In the US, the team is late.
• But in Britain, the team are late.

What kind of problem can Bobs girl cause the
team?
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Can you use collective nouns?

• The enforcement taskforce was/were dispersed in
  seeking the jewel-thief.
• Just about everyone believe/believes that the
  thief had left the crime scene.
• The gang of thieves, however, has/have remained
  within a block of the crime.
• The gangsters think/thinks that it is safer for
  them nearby than far away.

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Can you use nouns correctly?

• Use work, works, Dalton, Dalton State College,
  college, colleges, money, dollars, part-time,
  full-time.
• Do you attend __?
• Yes, I study at __.
• So far, how many __ have you attended?
• Just one. Only at __.
• How much __ does it cost to go there __?
• I dont know I am only a __ student now because
  I have to __ a lot.

Are position titles proper nouns?