Nouns

Nouns are a person, place, thing, or idea. An example of a person is Mr. Routledge. This example is also a proper noun. Proper nouns are names given to specific person, place, or thing. They always start with capital letters. An example of a thing is a book. Common nouns name general things and do not begin with capital letters unless they begin a sentence. There are also two other kinds nouns, singular nouns and plural nouns. Singular nouns are nouns that represent a single person, place, or thing. An example is door, because there is only one door. Plural nouns are nouns that represent more than one thing. An example is doors, because there is more than one door. There are also possessive nouns. Possessive nouns are used to show ownership. The possessive noun always comes before what it owns or has. For example: the wick of the candle would be - candle's wick. The possessive of most plural nouns is formed by adding an apostrophe then s. In other words if the word is already plural just add an apostrophe. For example: girls - girls'.