Why talk about grammar? Especially nouns. In fact, why have a Grammar lesson #1: Nouns? Because, frankly, I don’t know what people may or may not know.
I thought that I knew enough, that I knew all I needed to know when it came to grammar. And I suppose that’s true enough, I get by really well in a business setting. In fact, before I went back to college, I was a supervisor over an “online communications” team. I read and corrected people’s emails and live chats for a living. I made sure that their interactions properly reflected the business and were error-free.
One of the things I learned, is that there’s a lot I don’t know. There are a lot of people who are much better at grammar than me. It is worth continuously reviewing my knowledge, and making sure that I know what I am doing. Especially when it comes to the best ways to put together a sentence.
And so, with those thoughts in mind, let’s talk about nouns.
What are Nouns?
- Person
- Place
- Thing
- Idea
Very simply, anytime you are talking about someone, something, somewhere, or an abstract thought; you are using a noun. This is the first building block of grammar and is something so simple that most of us can name what a noun is off the top of our heads. But, as these things go, it is important to “start at the beginning.”
Some examples of nouns are:
- We went to school. School is the noun, because it’s a place.
- Johnny got a new typewriter. Typewriter is the noun here because it is a thing.
- The woman ate an apple. The woman is a person, so she is a noun.
- Give me liberty, or give me death. Both liberty and death are ideas, so they are nouns in this context.
And now we have finished Grammar Lesson #1: Nouns.
Congrats! Let me know if you have any questions/comments or would like to see other grammar subjects faster. I am going to start very slowly.