SYNTAX - NOUN

SYNTAX-Noun

1.       PROPER NOUN

Is the actual noun of person, place, thing, or idea.

(Common)  =  (Proper)

Ø  Man       =    James

Ø  Car         =    BMW

Ø  Phone   =    Samsung

Identification:

Ø  Laptop (Common Noun)

-          Made by steel (Material Noun)

-          A part of electronic (Collective Noun)

-          Its brand is ‘Toshiba’ (Proper Noun)

Ø  Table (Common Noun)

-          Made by wood (Material Noun)

-          A part of furniture (Collective Noun)

-          Its brand is ‘Olympic’ (Proper Noun)

2.       Abstract Noun

Is a non that can’t be touch, can’t be see, can’t be taste, and you just can feel it.

Ø  Beauty                                 

Ø  Brave

Ø  Calm

Ø  Ego

Ø  Goodness

3.       Affixation in Noun

Ø  Prefix is the affixation that attached in front of the root word (Un-like)

Ø  Suffix is adding morpheme to the end of the root word (Slow-ly)

Ø  Circumfix is adding morpheme in front and end word (Un-touch-able)

Ø  Infix is adding morpheme in the middle

4.       Masculine Noun And Feminine Noun

Masculine                           Feminine

-          Father                           -  Mother

-          Son                                                - Daughter

-          Brother                        - Sister

-          Boy                                                - Girl

-          Servant                        - Maid-servant

-          Buck                              - Doe-rabbit

-          Policeman                   -Policewomen

-          Prince                           -Princess

-          Husband                      -Wife

5.       Common Gender Noun

Ø  For things: (Neuter)

-          Chair

-          Crayons

-          Dictionary

-          Printer

Ø  For animal:

-          Lion

-          Tiger

-          Bear

-          Cat

Ø  For place:

-          Zoo

-          Class

-          Hotel

-          Bank

Ø  For people:

-          Teacher

-          Student

-          Friend

-          Doctor

6.       Collective Noun

Is a group of substance like a group of people, objects, ideas, or animal as a single concept.

Ø  People, places, and things:

-          Army

-          Company

-          Public

-          Cabinet

-          Class

-          Family

Ø  Commonly used under the category of people:

-          A class of student

-          An army of soldiers

-          A choir of singers

-          A crowd of people

-          A team of players

Ø  For animal:

-          A catch of fish

-          A team of horses

-          A pack of wolves

-          A zoo of wild animal

Ø  For things:

-          A group of islands

-          A basket of fruit

-          A pair of shoes

-          A pack of lies

7.       Irregular Plural

Is a noun that becomes plural by adding an ‘s’ or ‘es’ in the end of the word. But, it can be in a variety of ways.

Ø  Ends with –fe

-       knife—knives

-       life   —lives

-       wife – wives

Ø  Ends with –es

-          Potato – potatoes

-          Tomato – tomatoes

Ø  Change the vowel or word

-          Foot – feet

-          Man – men

-          Child – children

-          Tooth – teeth

-          Mouse – mice

Ø  Unchanging

-          Sheep

-          Deer

-          Fish

8.       Foreign Plural

Ø Changing –us to –i

-          Bronchus – bronchi

-          Embolus – emboli

-          Nucleus – nuclei

9.       Uncountable Noun

It can’t be counted.

Ø Singular (in form)

-          This news is very big

-          It looks good

Ø Plural (in meaning)

-          Groceries, clothes, thanks

Ø Some qualifier:

-          I’ve got some money

-          Do you have any rice?

-          A drop of water