Questions tagged [nouns]
This tag is for questions about nouns. Nouns are words that refer to an entity, quality, state, action, or concept. Add this tag to single-word-requests if you are looking for a noun. Add the tag word-usage if you are asking about the usage of the noun.
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Is the sentence "He thought of all his friends in the guard" correct?
As the title indicates, I'm wondering if the phrase "in the guard" is correct. In this case, "guard" refers to a military group.
I am editing a novel which includes the sentence,
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How to quantify "hash browns"
Does "hash browns" refer to a countable thing? Or a substance? Have I had too many or too much "hash browns"?
The word "browns" seems to imply a quantity. But, is there ...
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What is the word that describes experiences different from the norm? [closed]
I am trying to think of the word that describes someone’s experience that may differ from the norm. There may be a group of these experiences, but they are not scientifically measured or counted. Such ...
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Verb particle noun or verb noun particle: to leave out [duplicate]
Which sentence is grammatically correct or sounds more native-like?
Politicians tend to discuss their sources of income nontransparently, leaving the discussions surrounding them out.
Politicians ...
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Disyllabic nouns that differ from their verbs only in which syllable is emphasised [closed]
Some English nouns are identical to their verbs (and their adjectives) both in spelling and pronunciation, for example:
"This is fake"; "to fake"; "this is a fake"
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What is it called when instead of saying, for example, an "English book," you say a "book of English"? [duplicate]
I couldn't find this sort of question anywhere, but this is similar to possession, like when you say "Amanda's book" instead of "the book of Amanda," but those two have slightly ...
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What's up with -ly-based: -based as a suffix on non-nouns
I have always thought that the English "-based" suffix (plant-based diet, English-based creole languages, etc.) worked only on nouns. Adjectives, e.g. "large-based" or "sweet-...
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Multiple plurals of the word "die"
I see that the Oxford dictionary has a plural dice for "a small cube with a different number of spots on each of its sides, used in games of chance". However, there is no plural listed for &...
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Noun for unique thing
What can I call a thing that is one-of-a-kind?
This restaurant's Loganberry Duck is one-of-a-kind, and the Crystal Brush Pulpo is another _______.
I want to use it to compliment a dish, to express ...
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How come "basketball" is common noun but "Spelling Bee" is proper noun?
I started reading "Primary School English Grammar & Composition by Wren & Martin" to improve my grammar.
The book explains:
A Common Noun is the name given in common to every person ...
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Can a noun with the pronoun "which" but without a predicate be used as a sentence? [closed]
Below is a excerpt from this website (emphasis mine).
6.2.1.1 Privacy Consent Directive (PCD)
Privacy policies define how Individually Identifiable Health Information (IIHI) is to be collected, ...
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Is it a generalization?
According to Cambridge Dictionary the verb abhor carries a moral connotation (at least), indicating a strong feeling of detesting something on moral grounds:
abhor: to hate a way of behaving or ...
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What is the grammatical function of "to help you"? [duplicate]
I am going to help you.
What is the grammatical function of to help you here?
Reopen note
Please note that I did not ask about going to (and that the to belongs with the following verb as shown ...
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Two dozens or two dozen [closed]
Is there any slight difference between these two?
She bought two dozens of eggs.
She bought two dozen eggs.
In an online course a tutor told that second one is more appropriate if both options come ...
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Of what chocolate-house does Swift write in "An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity"?
In An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity it is written:
Another advantage proposed by the abolishing of Christianity is the clear gain of one day in seven, which is now entirely lost, and ...
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