THE ENGLISH NOUN
THE ENGLISH NOUN A noun is a part of speech that is used to indicate the name of a living being (person, animal, plant, etc.), place, inanimate objects, thing, or an idea. Nouns are an integral part of grammar in all languages. In Hindi, we have संज्ञा as equivalent of noun, in Bengali বিশেষ্য , in Russian существительное, and so on. As we have learned, generally sentences consist of two main components - an action (doing something) and a doer of the action. The words that denote doers of the action are termed as nouns or pronouns. Nouns are also the accessory words that we use in a sentence to convey a complete thought. Some examples of noun (in bold) are: Boys play football . Sam is late again. Please give me a pencil . The Ganges is a mighty river . We need to show kindness . The parrot wants food . In this post we shall talk more about the nouns. Often nouns can be recognised by their endings. Typ...