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THE NOUN
Classification:
Common nouns: objects of the same kind-
woman/boy/dog/flower/tree/bird/people/family/water/happiness
delicacy
=delicatete (a)
=delicatesa/trufanda
justice = dreptate(a)
=judecator (C)
medicine =medicina(A)
=doctorie©
surgery =chirurgie(A)
cabinet medical©
Common and abstract can be both individual and collective:
Countable Nouns-characteristics
Countable: children/birds/flowers/houses/crowds/families/days/ideals
Uncountable: applause/laughter/light/news/sunshine/fun/heat/homework/housework/light/news/sunshine
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Categories of uncountable nouns: sports-football/cricket/hockey/skiing/tennis/water-polo///Material and
Mass Nouns: steam/smoke/sugar/bacon/mutton/wheat/silver/
merchandise/money/nonsense/produce/progress/remorse/strength/work/
and; lightening/thunder
games: billiards/cards/darts/dominoes/draughts/ninepins/skittles/
geographical names: The Alps/ the Carpathians/the Hebrides/ the Highlands/ the Netherlands/the United
States
Names of games:
Mumps is contagious
When all these above don’t refer to science they agree with the verb in the plural: