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A noun that that CANNOT be counted. This kind of noun often refers to substances (paper, wood, plastic), liquids (milk, oil , juice), gases (air, oxygen), and abstract ideas (happiness, time, information).
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A noun that refers to a set or group of people, animals or things. Some examples are staff, team, crew, herd, flock, bunch.
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A noun that CAN be counted. This kind of noun has a singular and a plural form and can be used with a number. Some examples are car, desk, cup, house, bike, eye, and butterfly.
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A noun in which two or more words create a noun. This kind of noun is sometimes one word (haircut), words joined by a hyphen (son-in-law) or as separate words (bus stop). The main stress is normally on the first part of the word (sunglasses, swimming pool, mother-in-law, credit card)
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A noun which refers to people and things that exist physically and that at least one of the senses can detect (can be seen, felt, heard, smelled/smelt, or tasted). Some examples are dog, tree, apple, moon, coin, sock, ball, and water.
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A noun that has no physical existence. It refers to ideas, emotions or concepts so you CANNOT see, touch, hear, smell or taste. Some examples are love, time, happiness, bravery, creativity, justice, freedom, and speed.
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A noun that is used to name a GENERAL type of person, place or thing. Some examples girl, city, animal, friend, house, and food.
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A noun that is used to name a SPECIFIC person, place or thing. In English, this kind of noun begins with a capital letter. Proper nouns do not normally have a determiner before them (e.g. the London, the Mary etc.) though there are some exceptions (e.g. Is she the Mary that we met at the conference?). Some examples are John, London, Pluto, Monday, and France.
