{"id":513,"date":"2021-11-25T15:16:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/?p=513"},"modified":"2021-11-26T05:56:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T05:56:17","slug":"noun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/2021\/11\/25\/noun\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 1 &#8211; Noun"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h2>NOUN<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name of a person, place or thing is called a noun. There are 5 types of nouns:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Common Noun<\/strong>: <\/span>Eg- Boy, City, Girl, Country, Town, Teacher, etc<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Proper Noun<\/strong>:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eg- Delhi, Jaipur, Priya, Raman, Somalia, California, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Collective Noun<\/strong>:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eg- Jury, Team, Army, Committee, Crowd, Fleet, Flock, Mob, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Material Noun<\/strong>:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eg-\u00a0 Sand, Gold, Silver, Rock, Cotton, Coffee, Wood, Air, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Abstract Noun<\/strong>:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eg- Strength, Innocence, Love, Hate, Fear, Excitement, Birth, Death, Gluttony, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IMPORTANT RULES<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1- Proper Nouns are always written with a capital letter at the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Incorrect<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The capital of bihar is patna.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The capital of Bihar is Patna.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2- Proper Nouns are sometimes used as Common nouns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Satish is Gandhiji of our class.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Satish is the Gandhiji of our class.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3- A Collective Noun usually takes a singular verb and is substituted by a singular pronoun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect: The jury have given their decision.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The jury has given its decision.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4- A Collective Noun takes a plural verb and is substituted by a plural pronoun when the members of the group are divided and behaves as an individual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The jury was divided in its opinion.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The jury were divided in their opinion.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5- A Material noun does not take an article{a, an, the} before it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The coffee is a cash crop.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Coffee is a cash crop.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6- Collective nouns, even when they denote living beings, are considered as a neuter gender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Gautam had a herd of cows. He kept a herdsman to look after her.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Gautam had a herd of cows. He kept a herdsman to look after it.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7- Lower animals and young children are also referred to as the neuter gender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The baby loves his toys.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The baby loves its toys.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8- When objects without life are personified, they are considered of:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(i)\u00a0 The <\/span><strong>Masculine Gender<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if the object is remarkable of strength and violence. Eg: Time, Death, Sun, Summer, Winter, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(ii) The <\/span><b>Feminine Gender <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if the object is remarkable of being gentle and graceful. Eg: Nature, Earth, Moon, Spring, Mercy, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0 The sun came from behind the clouds and with her brilliance tore the veil of darkness.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The sun came from behind the clouds and with his brilliance tore the veil of darkness.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9- Units of counting like pair, dozen, score, gross, hundred, thousand, etc, when used after numbers retain their singular form. But if \u2018of\u2019 is used with them, such nouns are used in plural form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: My friend bought three dozens eggs.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: My friend bought three dozen eggs.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Hundred of people came to see the fair.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Hundreds of people came to see the fair.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10- Material nouns and abstract nouns are not used in the plural.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Cares of the old are necessary.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Care of the old is necessary<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A book is printed on papers.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A book is printed on paper.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11- When a noun consists of several words, the possessive sign{apostrophe\u2019} is attached only to the last word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The Queen\u2019s of England reaction was important in the Diana episode.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The Queen of England\u2019s reaction was important in the Diana episode<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12- When two nouns are in apposition, the possessive sign is put to the latter only.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: I am going to Stephen Hawking\u2019s the scientist\u2019s country.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: I am going to Stephen Hawking the scientist\u2019s country.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13- When two or more nouns show joint possession, the possessive sign is put to the latter only.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Amitabh and Ajitabh are Bachchanji\u2019s sons. So Bachchanji is Amitabh\u2019s and Ajitabh\u2019s father.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Amitabh and Ajitabh are Bachchanji\u2019s sons. So Bachchanji is Amitabh and Ajitabh\u2019s father.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14- Each of the two or more connected nouns implying separate possession must take the possessive sign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The audience listened to Javed and Vajpayee\u2019s poems.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The audience listened to Javed\u2019s and Vajpayee\u2019s poems.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15- The possessive case is chiefly used with the names of living things. However, if non-living things are personified, they are used in possessive cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The cart\u2019s wheel was broken.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The wheel of the cart was broken.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: If you are a fortune favourite, you might escape suffering while others suffer.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: If you are fortune\u2019s favourite, you might escape suffering while others suffer.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16- The possessive case is also used with the nouns denoting time, space, and weight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: His house is at the throw of a stone from here.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: His house is at a stone\u2019s throw from here.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17- Nouns like a teacher, child, advocate, worker, student, writer, leader, author, musician, artist, etc are common gender nouns. Thus, for such nouns {his, him, he} is used when used in the singular.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A teacher should practise what it preaches.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A teacher should practise what he preaches.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18- If a preposition comes after a noun and the same noun is repeated, the noun should be used in the singular form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Town after town were devastated.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Town after town was devastated.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19- Hyphenated noun does not have a plural form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: He gave me four hundred-rupees notes.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: He gave me four hundred-rupee notes.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20- <\/span><b>Cattle, Cavalry, Infantry, Poultry, Peasantry, Children, Gentry, Police, People <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are certain nouns that are singular in form but plural in meaning. Hence they take a plural verb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018s\u2019 is never used with these nouns.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note- \u2018people\u2019 means \u2018a number of person\u2019 while \u2018peoples\u2019 means \u2018people of different races and countries.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Cattle is grazing in the field.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Cattle are grazing in the field.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21- <\/span><b>News, Innings, politics, Summons, Physics, Mathematics, Ethics, Economics, Mumps, Measles, Rickets, Shingles, Billiards, Athletics, Linguistics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are certain nouns that are plural in form but singular in meaning. Hence, they take a singular verb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Politics are a dirty game.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Politics is a dirty game.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22- <\/span><b>Deer, Sheep, Series, Species, Fish, Team, Jury, Aircraft, Counsel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are certain nouns that are used in both singular and plural forms. If used in singular form, they take a singular verb and if used in the plural sense, they take a plural verb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A sheep are grazing in the field.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A sheep is grazing in the field.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Two sheeps are grazing in the field.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Two sheep are grazing in the field.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23- <\/span><b>Scenery, Poetry, Furniture, Advice, Information, Hair, Business, Mischief, Bread, Stationery, Crockery, Luggage, baggage, Postage, Knowledge, Wastage, Jewellery, Breakage, Equipment, Evidence, Work, News, Percentage, Dirt, Dust, Traffic, Music, Electricity, pottery, Bakery, Fuel, Cost, Word, Behaviour<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are uncountable nouns and hence will take a singular verb. These nouns will not take articles{a, an}, many, few, \u2018number of\u2019 and \u2018plural form\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The sceneries of Kashmir has enchanted us.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The scenery of Kashmir has enchanted us.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The mischiefs committed by him are unpardonable.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The mischief committed by him is unpardonable.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24- <\/span><b>Scissors, Pliers, Pincers, Tongs, Pants, Bellows, Trousers, Goggles, Jeans, Shorts, Spectacles, Binoculars, Fangs, Sunglasses, Gallows, Amends, Alms, Arrears, Archives, Auspices, Embers, Congratulations, Outskirts, Lodgings, Fireworks, Regards, Particulars, Proceeds, Remains, Riches, Proceeds, Surroundings, Savings, Troops, Tactics, Thanks, Valuables, Braces, Wages, Belongings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are certain nouns that exist in plural form only. These nouns always take plural verbs with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Where is my pant?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Where are my pants?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The ember of the fire was still burning.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The embers of the fire were still burning.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25- \u2018s\u2019 is used with <\/span><b>anybody\/ nobody\/ everybody\/ somebody\/ anyone\/ someone\/ no one\/ everyone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But if \u2018else\u2019 is used with <\/span><b>anybody\/ nobody\/ everybody\/ somebody\/ anyone\/ someone\/ no one\/ everyone, etc, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018apostrophe\u2019 will be used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Everyone concern is no one concern.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Everyone\u2019s concern is no one\u2019s concern.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorrect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: I can rely on your words, not somebody\u2019s else.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: I can rely on your words, not somebody else\u2019s.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOUN The name of a person, place or thing is called a noun. There are 5 types of nouns: Common Noun: Eg- Boy, City, Girl, Country, Town, Teacher, etc Proper Noun: Eg- Delhi, Jaipur, Priya, Raman, Somalia, California, etc. Collective Noun: Eg- Jury, Team, Army, Committee, Crowd, Fleet, Flock, Mob, etc. Material Noun: Eg-\u00a0 Sand, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-noun-important-rules-proper-noun-common-noun-abstract-noun-material-noun-collective-noun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.sharedlearning.in\/dailyprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}