Nouns
Introduction to Nouns
A noun is the name of a person, place, thing or idea.
For example:
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He is Ram. (‘Ram’ is the name of a person.) He lives in Kanpur. (‘Kanpur’ is the name of a place.) He likes ice cream. (‘Ice cream’ is the name of a thing.) He thinks honesty is the best policy. (‘Honesty’ and ‘policy’ are the names of ideas.) |
Sometimes a phrase can perform the role of a noun in a sentence.
For example:
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I saw a ghost in the bed. (Here, the phrase ‘a ghost in the bed’ answers the question ‘what?’. It is the object of the verb ‘saw’. Hence, it is acting as a noun.) |
Sometimes a clause can perform the role of a noun …
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