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COMMON NOUN
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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COMMON NOUN. A
NOUN referring to anything or anybody as an example of what the word in question denotes (
an actor,
the town,
cheerfulness), in contrast with a
PROPER noun, which uniquely identifies and
NAMES, and begins with a capital letter (
London,
China). Grammatically, common nouns can be divided into countable and uncountable nouns. Semantically, common nouns can be classified as abstract and concrete nouns.
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Countable, uncountable and collective nouns in the early eighteenth century English -- an overview. (Linguistics).
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Dutch collective nouns and conceptual profiling *.
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NOUN
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...modifier of another noun (‘ income tax...semantic subclasses of nouns: common or proper ( Jane...gender reference of human nouns becomes manifest when he or she relates to the noun: My neighbour said she...Non-human animate nouns (and nouns relating to...
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PROPER NOUN
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...NOUN. A category of NOUN , distinguished on...grounds from COMMON NOUN , and written with a CAPITAL letter. Proper nouns are primarily NAMES...between proper and common nouns. Some grammarians distinguish the proper noun (a single noun like...
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ATTRIBUTIVE NOUN
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
ATTRIBUTIVE NOUN. A noun that modifies another noun: steel in steel bridge ; London in London house . Nouns used in this way are sometimes...STEEL brídge . Noun compounds and phrases with attributive nouns can usually be paraphrased...
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VERBAL NOUN
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...category of noncountable abstract NOUN derived from a verb, in English...hearing is defective . Verbal nouns are frequently combined with the preposition of and a noun phrase that corresponds to...He acted Hamlet ). Verbal nouns contrast with deverbal nouns...
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COMMON NOUN
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
COMMON NOUN. A NOUN referring to anything or anybody as an...cheerfulness ), in contrast with a PROPER noun , which uniquely identifies and NAMES...London , China ). Grammatically, common nouns can be divided into countable and uncountable...
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