EN - English Grammar for the Utterly Confused.pdf

8ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR THE UTTERLY CONFUSEDNounsA noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. Nouns come in these varieties: commonnouns, proper nouns, compound nouns, and collective nouns.1. Common nouns name any one of a class of person, place, or thing.girl city food2. Proper nouns name a specific person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are always capitalized.Barbara New York City Rice-a-Roni3. Compound nouns are two or more nouns that function as a single unit. A compound nouncan be two individual words, words joined by a hyphen, or two words combined.Individual words: time capsuleHyphenated words: great-uncleCombined words: basketball4. Collective nouns name groups of people or things.audience family herd crowdPossessive NounsIn grammar, possession shows ownership. Follow these rules to create possessive nouns.1. With singular nouns, add an apostrophe and an s.dog → dog’s bonesinger → singer’s voice2. With plural nouns ending in s, add an apostrophe after the s.dogs → dogs’ bonessingers → singers’ voices3. With plural nouns not ending in s, add an apostrophe and an s.men → men’s booksmice → mice’s tailsPlural NounsHere are the guidelines for creating plural nouns.1. Add s to form the plural of most nouns.cat → cats computer → computers2. Add es if the noun ends in s, sh, ch, or x.wish → wishes inch → inches box → boxes