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Concrete and Abstract Nouns

Posted on September 19, 2023May 7, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, nounsTags - abstract, common, concepts, concrete, experience, five, happiness, ideas, love, nouns, objects, perception, physical, senses, tangible, through

Concrete nouns are a type of noun that refer to tangible, physical objects that can be perceived by the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.Abstract nouns are a category of nouns that represent ideas, concepts, qualities, or conditions that are not tangible and cannot be perceived through the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell).

Material and Concrete Nouns

Posted on September 19, 2023May 7, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, nounsTags - apple, car, concrete, five, hearing, made of, mass, material, metal, nouns, objects, perceive, physical, rock, senses, sight, smell, specifically, substance, table, tangible, taste, things, through, touch, uncountable, wood

Concrete nouns encompass a broader range of physical objects and entities.

Material nouns are a subset of concrete nouns, and not all concrete nouns are material nouns.

Compound and Derivative Nouns

Posted on September 19, 2023May 7, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, nounsTags - affixation, combining, compound, create, derivative, describe, hyphens, interconnected, meaning, morw, nouns, people, places, single, specific, things, through, two, unified word, words

A compound noun is a type of noun that is formed by combining two or more words to create a single, unified noun with a specific meaning.Derivative nouns are nouns that are derived or formed from other parts of speech, often through affixation (adding prefixes or suffixes) or other word formation processes.

About Nouns. Common and Proper Nouns

Posted on September 19, 2023May 7, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, nouns, parts of speechTags - capitalized, common, concepts, countable, entities, general, idea, individuals, names, not, nouns, object, particular, person, place, proper, specific, thing, uncountable, unique

common nouns are general and refer to non-specific entities, while proper nouns are specific names used to uniquely identify individuals, places, or things. The key difference is in the level of specificity and the capitalization of proper nouns.

Preposition – “On (Upon)”

Posted on September 16, 2023June 6, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar in use, prepositionsTags - according to, addition, adverb on, attached, b, based on, by means of, carry on, common verbs, contact, expressions, fixed, in a task, inclusion, interest, involvement, on, participation, place, position, preposition, press on, supported by, thematic, touch, upon, verbs with, with on, word

The preposition on has various meanings and can be used in several contexts: position, location, contact, touch, fixed, supported by …