What are Nouns?

The simple definition is: a person, place or thing. Here are some examples:
•person: man, woman, teacher, John, Mary
•place: home, office, town, countryside, America
•thing: table, car, banana, money, music, love, dog, monkey

The problem with this definition is that it does not explain why "love" is a noun but can also be a verb.

Another (more complicated) way of recognizing a noun is by its:
1.Ending
2.Position
3.Function

1. Noun Ending

There are certain word endings that show that a word is a noun, for example:
•-ity > nationality
•-ment > appointment
•-ness > happiness
•-ation > relation
•-hood > childhood

But this is not true for the word endings of all nouns. For example, the noun "spoonful" ends in -ful, but the adjective "careful" also ends in -ful.

2. Position in Sentence

We can often recognise a noun by its position in the sentence.

Nouns often come after a determiner (a determiner is a word like a, an, the, this, my, such):
•a relief
•an afternoon
•the doctor
•this word
•my house
•such stupidity

Nouns often come after one or more adjectives:
•a great relief
•a peaceful afternoon
•the tall, Indian doctor
•this difficult word
•my brown and white house
•such crass stupidity

3. Function in a Sentence

Nouns have certain functions (jobs) in a sentence, for example:
•subject of verb: Doctors work hard.
•object of verb: He likes coffee.
•subject and object of verb: Teachers teach students.

But the subject or object of a sentence is not always a noun. It could be a pronoun or a phrase. In the sentence "My doctor works hard", the noun is "doctor" but the subject is "My doctor".
- stormeyAlterEgo

Twat you twit

Now explain why Edmontons is the 2nd best one that i have been too?
- Oilhab

All the oil gas adds some flavour.

...i thought the one exported here was in fact fake (not from Kobe region).
- Habsody

i was wrong, sort of. only since 2012 have there been exports of true Kobe beef.

that said lots of places can raise cattle under the same conditions and call it Kobe Style of whatever.

guys scotch is very good.

I'm leaving now as traffic will suck beacsue it rained and people suck when it rains.


ps. also when it doesn't.

South Africa is 6 hours at this time of the year, 7 in the winter.
- Symba007

God I hate Edison

Hawaiian soil? you know it's not a country right?
- scotch_tape

i sure do.

wienerhead.

South Africa is 6 hours at this time of the year, 7 in the winter.
- Symba007

Our winter or their winter?

guys scotch is very good.

I'm leaving now as traffic will suck beacsue it rained and people suck when it rains.


ps. also when it doesn't.
- dt99999

QC drivers are (frank)ing bad drivers.

And steepid

how were they after work?
- -davies-

i imagine just as tasty. but it was a steak after work, thank you very much.

No never...you know you have a bad day when i guy wearing white socks makes fun of you
- Habsody

black today

i imagine just as tasty. but it was a steak after work, thank you very much.
- Fountain-San

and a Loaded Baked Potato

Our winter or their winter?
- hscesq

snap Howard knows about hemispheres

and a Loaded Baked Potato
- Oilhab

There really isn't a whole lot of things that are better than a steak and loaded baked potato.




















except wings.

so they can't have their own soil? harsh
- -davies-

no kidding.

one of the very few states that actually was independent before joining the union.

i'm sure scotch tape knew that though.

Our winter or their winter?
- hscesq

Our winter. SA does not have daylight saving time

There really isn't a whole lot of things that are better than a steak and loaded baked potato.




















except wings.
- stormeyAlterEgo

Ribs

Our winter. SA does not have daylight saving time
- Symba007

Ha Ha.



bunch of losers.

and a Loaded Baked Potato
- Oilhab

garlic mashed or creamed spinach for me.

garlic mashed or creamed spinach for me.
- Fountain-San

QC drivers are (frank)ing bad drivers.

And steepid
- WaterBoy

Agreed.

Ha Ha.



bunch of losers.
- stormeyAlterEgo

Their black president was better than Howard's

There really isn't a whole lot of things that are better than a steak and loaded baked potato.




















except wings.
- stormeyAlterEgo

Hello

- stormeyAlterEgo

totally. loaded potatoes are great but with a huge steak can be much.

totally. loaded potatoes are great but with a huge steak can be much.
- Fountain-San

And Ruth's is a pound of potato

But it is meant to be shared

i was wrong, sort of. only since 2012 have there been exports of true Kobe beef.

that said lots of places can raise cattle under the same conditions and call it Kobe Style of whatever.
- Fountain-San

Honestly, i don't know much about it. Once had some kobe beef in NY and that's what the waiter told me. I trusted him, after all he was asian