What is a Noun?
What is a Noun? A noun is not just a person, place, or thing. It is actually the word that DEFINES a person, place, or thing. Example: Susan, New York, banana In a sentence, these can be used together. Example: Susan ate a banana in New York. (Susan (the subject) ate (verb) the banana (noun) in New York (noun). Why Do We Even Need Them? Nouns provide not only a subject to a sentence, but also receive an action from a verb. Ex: Nora kicked the table (Nora is the subject, and the action would be the kick to the table) They can even follow behind a preposition (words like “on,” “in,” “after,” etc.) to complement them. Ex: The fly flew in the house (“in” is the preposition in this case, and the house is the noun that complements the preposition). Examples of Properly Used Nouns She likes to talk with the poor. He is taking care of the blind. The boy loves his teddy bear. The tree was very tall. The city was loud and crowded. Plur...