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| What is Noun |
| A noun is a word used as the name of person, place or things. |
| Kinds of Noun |
According to old Grammar there are four kinds of Noun.
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| Important rules in Noun : - |
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Rule : 1 Don't try to make the plural of the
following noun by adding 's' or 'es'. E.g. Advice, Information, Knowledge, News, music, equipment, bread, scenery, jewellary. These noun are uncountable and they can be made countable by adding "piece of " |
| Singular | Plural |
| A piece of advice | Two piece of advice. |
| A piece of furniture | Two piece of furniture. |
| A piece of bread | Two piece of bread |
| A piece of jewellary | Two piece of Jewellary. |
| A piece of news | Two piece of news. |
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Many furniture were sold today - wrong Many piece of furniture were sold today - correct. |
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Rule - 2 : peasantry, gentry, clergy (group
of clerk), police, cattle(group of animal), poultry, people
are nouns which are singular in form but are used as plural.
Means plural verb to be used there. e. g. The peasantry is working - wrong The peasantry are working - correct. The cattle is mine - wrong. The cattle are mine - correct. Our police is very poor - wrong. Our police are very poor - correct. Rule - 3 : News, Innings, mathematics, economics, physics are some noun which are in plural noun but are used as singular. e.g. No news are good news. - wrong. No news is good news. - correct. Mathematics are not different at all - wrong. Mathematics is not different at all - correct. Rule - 4 : Don't make the plural of sheep, deer, cattle, means, yoke, series and species. e.g. He has five sheeps and seven deers. - wrong. He has five sheep and seven deer - correct. Rule - 5 : These noun are always used in plural form - Scissors, spectacles, Trousers, shoes, assets, credential etc. e.g. Where is my spectacles? - wrong Where are my spectacles? - Correct. My means is small - wrong. My means are small - correct. Rule - 6 : Singular & plural form of some typical nouns. |
| Singular | Plural |
| Fungus | Fungi |
| Syllabus | syllabi |
| Radius | radii |
| Locus | loci |
| Some Hot trips |
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1 : If any sentence begins with 'one of'
then plural noun & singular verb should be used after
'one of' If you see any sentence starts with 'one of' then first of all check is the noun plural ? if you find same then check used verb must be singular. e.g. One of my uncles is in U.S.A. 2- plural countable noun or singular uncountable noun should be used after A lot of, plenty of, most of. e.g. A lot of boys were playing. A lot of sugar was sold. He has plenty of books. Most of the boys was present - wrong. Most of the boys were present - correct. Remember : A lots of is a wrong expression. But if you want to write A lots then remove the article first. e.g. lot - singular lots - plural. 3- Much is used with uncountable noun and many is used with countable noun. e.g. There is much milk in the jug. I have many books to read. Note : Plural countable noun is used after 'many'. This college provides much benefits to the students - wrong. This college provides many benefits to the students - correct. 4 - shoes, scissors, trousers, gloves. These words are in plural form & plural verb should be used there. But when 'A pair of' add these words then it become singular. e.g. A pair of shoes, A pair of gloves. Due to adding 'a pair of' there used singular verb. A pair of scissor - singular verb. e.g. My scissors are lost. A pair of scissors is lost. 5 - Don't try to make plural with adding 's' or 'es' in following words - |
| Singular | Plural |
| This | There |
| That | Those |
| Type | Types |
| Kind | Kinds |
| Sort | Sorts |
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They gave as three type of books. - wrong. They gave us three types of books. - correct. Note - If preposition 'of' is used after kinds, types sorts then plural countable noun should be used. Kinds, types, sort + of + plural countable noun. e.g. kinds of boys like. |
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