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What are 15 kinds of nouns?

Here are 15 kinds of nouns, with examples:

1. Common Nouns: General names of people, places, or things.

* Examples: dog, city, book, happiness

2. Proper Nouns: Specific names of people, places, or things.

* Examples: Fido, London, The Bible, Christmas

3. Concrete Nouns: Nouns that can be touched or seen.

* Examples: table, flower, car, cloud

4. Abstract Nouns: Nouns that represent ideas, qualities, or concepts.

* Examples: love, freedom, justice, peace

5. Collective Nouns: Nouns that refer to a group of people, animals, or things.

* Examples: team, flock, herd, jury

6. Count Nouns: Nouns that can be counted.

* Examples: apple, chair, dog, student

7. Mass Nouns: Nouns that cannot be counted.

* Examples: water, air, sand, happiness

8. Compound Nouns: Nouns formed by combining two or more words.

* Examples: fireplace, toothbrush, sunrise, high school

9. Possessive Nouns: Nouns that show ownership.

* Examples: dog's bone, the city's streets, the book's cover

10. Singular Nouns: Nouns that refer to one person, place, or thing.

* Examples: cat, house, apple

11. Plural Nouns: Nouns that refer to more than one person, place, or thing.

* Examples: cats, houses, apples

12. Gerunds: Verbs that function as nouns.

* Examples: swimming, running, eating

13. Infinitives: The base form of a verb that can function as a noun.

* Examples: to swim, to run, to eat

14. Noun Phrases: Groups of words that function as a noun.

* Examples: the big red house, the dog that chased the cat

15. Noun Clauses: Groups of words that contain a subject and verb and function as a noun.

* Examples: That she was tired was obvious, What he said was true.

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