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Subject/Verb agreement
She were going to the party
She was going to the party or
The United States are big.
The United States is big. or
Each of my classmates was there
Each of my classmates were there or
The correct options are in italic!!!
Let’s understand this
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People vs Peoples The word peoples is used referring to ethnic/national groups
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NOUNS
Nouns are the names of things, people, animals,
places, qualities, actions, and ideas.
compound nouns
- Cake - Watch - Desk - Cup - Car
single words
They can be formed with combinations of words as follows:
Noun + Noun -> toothpaste
Verb + Noun -> swimming pool
Preposition + Noun -> underground
Noun + Verb -> haircut
Adjective + Verb -> dry-cleaning
Preposition + Verb -> output
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/nouncompound.html
1. Sometimes the two words are joined together.
tooth + paste = toothpaste
bed + room = bedroom
2. Sometimes they are joined using a hyphen.
check-in
3. Sometimes they appear as two separate words.
full moon
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Plural Collective
musicians orchestra
players team
employees staff
Collective NounsA noun naming a group or collection is a collective noun. Collectives are not plural nouns. A collective noun is a different word for the group. Plurals tend to end in s, while collective nouns look and act like singular nouns.
Collective nouns have a unique property: they take singular verbs in American English and plural verbs in International (U.K.) English.
The team is late. (U.S.)The team are late. (U.K.)
http://www.tameri.com/edit/nouns.html
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Proper CommonJohn Milton writer
Fresno cityNewsweek magazine
Proper and Common NounsA proper noun is the name of a particular person or thing and is capitalized. Titles of books or other creative materials are considered proper nouns. Other nouns are referred to as common nouns.
Concrete and Abstract NounsA concrete noun names a thing that can be perceived by the basic senses. You can see, touch, or smell a concrete item. An abstract noun names a concept, such as an emotion or quality, that cannot be sensed.
concrete: woman, tree, house, cat, airplane, cliff, riverabstract: love, quality, greed, loyalty
http://www.tameri.com/edit/nouns.html
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PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a preceding noun or an understood subject. Pronouns are often used to avoid repeating a noun within a sentence or paragraph.
A pronoun subject takes the place of noun simple subjects in sentences. A pronoun object receives action
or is the object of a preposition.