This lesson is dedicated to anyone who is an immigrant to the United States, to anyone who is a child of an immigrant, and to anybody who is a descendant of an immigrant. That probably includes all of us.
What Is a Noun? Part One
A noun is a word that is the name of a person, a place, a thing, a quality, or even an idea or an action.
There are common nouns and proper nouns. Some common nouns are road, bridge, tunnel, airport, news, and non-disclosure agreement. Other common nouns are campaign, promise, tax, and return. Some proper nouns are the United States of America, the White House, Abraham Lincoln, and Konstantin V. Kilimnik The online persona Guccifer 2.0 is also a proper noun.
A pronoun is a word that represents or substitutes for a noun. Some common pronouns are I, him, everybody and nobody.
| For Starters: Beneath each noun below write N and beneath each pronoun write P. (Noun phrases are italicized.) |
| I met her at a very big party in New York. And she was there along with other supermodels, and I greeted all of them, and I said: “That’s the one that’s the most beautiful.” Donald Trump |
