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Nouns
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- 1Why are appositive phrases set off by commas?Appositive phrases are treated as asides that are not essential to the meaning of the sentence.
- 2Can an infinitive be the subject of a sentence?Yes. In the sentence "To err is human", "to err" is the subject.
- 3What famous line in Hamlet repeats the same infinitive twice?"To be or not to be, that is the question."
- 4True or false: An infinitive can sometimes act as a noun.True
- 5Is "sadness" a concrete noun?No. Although we feel sadness, we don't feel it in a literal way.
- 6True or false: "Pumpkins" is a countable noun.True. We can count "pumpkins", so "pumpkins" is a countable noun.
- 7True or false: "Freshness" is a collective noun.False. "Freshness" is an abstract noun.
- 8True or false: "Flock" is a collective noun.True. "Flock" is a singular word referring to a group of individual beings, usually birds.
- 9True or false: "Wine" is a non-countable (mass) noun.True. Wine cannot be counted.
- 10Is "rain" a countable noun?No. We cannot count rain.
- 11True or false: "Rims" is a countable noun.True. We can count rims.
- 12True or false: "Air" is a countable noun.False. "Air" cannot be counted, so it is not a countable noun.
- 13True or false: All proper nouns are capitalized.True
- 14True or false: "Kleenex" and "Xerox" are the same type of noun.True. They are both proper nouns.
- 15Are "Skippy" and "peanut" the same type of noun?No. "Skippy" is proper and "peanut" is common.
- 16What is the difference between a proper noun and a common noun?A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing, whereas a common noun does not specify by name.
- 17True or false: nouns can appear anywhere in a sentence.True. There are no rules about where a noun can or cannot appear in a sentence.
- 18What is a common noun?A common noun is a naming noun that is not capitalized.
- 19What is a proper noun?A proper noun is a specifically named per, place, or thing.
- 20What is an appositive phrase?An appositive phrase is a phrase set off by commas that tells the reader more about the noun or pronoun it modifies.
- 21What is an appositive?An appositive modifies or clarifies the noun or noun phrase that precedes it.
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