The subject may consist of one word or several words, but it must always have a noun in it. This noun which is the most… Continue reading
Noun: gender
Living beings are of either the male or the female sex. Now compare the following pairs of words. Boy, girl Man, woman Husband, wife Lion,… Continue reading
Formation of plurals – Part II
Some nouns have identical singular and plural forms. Examples are: swine, sheep, deer, cod, salmon, aircraft, spacecraft, series, species etc. The following nouns are always… Continue reading
Formation of plural nouns
The plural noun is generally formed by adding -s to the singular. Cow (singular), cows (plural) Boy, boys Girl, girls Book, books Tree, trees Dog,… Continue reading
The Noun: Case
Read the following sentence: John broke the window. The boy killed the spider. In sentence 1, the noun John is the subject. It is the… Continue reading