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Common Nouns
A common noun is a term that
generally and non-specifically
refers to a person, place, thing, or
concept. Unless they appear at
the beginning of a sentence,
common nouns are rarely
capitalized. Examples of this noun
are "man," "country," "dog," and
"phone."
Proper Nouns
A proper noun refers to a distinct
person, place, thing, or concept. In
contrast to common nouns,
proper nouns often begin with a
capital letter, regardless of
whether they are sentence
starters. Examples of this noun
are "Julia" and "Australia."
Abstract Nouns
Abstract nouns are described as
nouns that cannot be perceived by
any of the human senses.
These nouns refer to an idea,
experience, state of being, trait,
quality, or feeling that can't be
perceived by the senses.
Concrete Nouns
A noun is said to be "concrete" if it
can be seen, heard, touched,
smelled, tasted, or felt. Concrete
nouns can be either singular or
plural. They can be either common
or proper nouns. They may be
collective nouns, countable nouns,
or uncountable nouns.
Countable Nouns
Countable nouns can be separated
into individual units and counted.
Typically, they have both singular
and plural forms. 
Some examples of this noun are
"dog", "boy", "box", and "phone".
Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable nouns exist as
uncountable amounts or abstract
quantities. Unlike countable nouns,
they have no plural forms.
Some examples of this noun are
"equipment", "water", "sugar", and
"biology".
Collective Nouns
Collective nouns refer to singular
entities composed of more than
one person, animal, place, thing, or
concept.
Some examples of this noun are
"class", "herd", "army", and "family".
Compound Nouns
A compound noun is a noun
composed of two or more
existing words. They are very
common in the English language.
Breakfast is an example of a
simple compound noun made by
combining the words break and
fast.
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