The noun 'Mary' is a singular, concrete, proper noun; the name of a person.
Proper nouns for father include specific names like John, Michael, or David.
Yes, Guy Fawkes is a proper noun because it is the name of a specific historical figure known for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament in 1605.
Yes, the noun 'reader' is a common gender noun as a word for one who reads.
The noun 'reader' is a neuter noun as a word for a device that reads or retrieves data, or a book of text designed to give learners of a language practice in reading.
Yes, William is a proper noun as it is a specific name of a person. It always begins with a capital letter.
Her reference to Greek mythology was a clever allusion in her speech.
Nouns in the sentence are "Paul Bunyan" and "tales."
No, the demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, and those. However, the pronoun that is also a relative pronoun; the relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that.
In this sentence, that is a relative pronoun introducing the relative clause 'that may or may not be true'.
Yes, "Charles Dickens" is a proper noun as it is the name of a specific person.
Yes, "infatuation" is a noun. It refers to an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something.
Yes, the word narrative is a noun, a singular common noun. The word narrative is also an adjective. Example sentences:
Noun: They presented a narrative on the voyage of Shackleton.
Adjective: Narrative poetry is one of my favorite forms of literature; I memorized 'The Cremation of Sam McGee' when I was in school and I can still recite parts of it today.
"Illiteracy" is a noun that refers to the inability to read or write.
Joint ownership is shown by making the last word in the series possessive; for example:
Individual ownership is shown by making both (or all) parts possessive; for example:
The word author is a noun, a word for a writer of poetry or prose, a word for a person.
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. The pronouns that take the place of the noun author are he or she as a subject, and him or her as an object, and his or her for the possessive. Examples:
When the author arrives, hewill be pleased with the display of his work.
The author is my aunt. She has been writing since I can first remember her.
The singular possessive is Richard's; the plural possessive is Richards'.
Add the -'s to the end of the name James (singular), for example, Jim James's house.
The plural form, the James family are the Jameses, the plural possessive is the Jameses' house.
The apostrophe after the s of the plural noun brothers tells you that it is a possessive noun, a noun indicating that something in the sentence belongs to two or more brothers.
Examples:
My brothers' names are Mike and Max. (the names of the brothers)
The brothers' business is very successful. (the business of the brothers)
She made sandwiches for her brothers' lunch.
yes, a fable is a noun. :a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters;example:
the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.
The nouns in the sentence are Louisa May Alcott, author, and American.
A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing.
A proper noun for the common noun author is the name of a specific author, for example Leo Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway, Dr. Seuss, etc.
A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing.
The common noun 'father' is a general word for any male parent.
When addressing your own father, the noun Father becomes a title and is a proper noun.
Some additional examples of the noun 'father' functioning as a proper noun are:
Yes, "Dracula" is a proper noun because it refers to a specific person or character, in this case, the famous vampire Count Dracula created by Bram Stoker.
No, the noun 'writer' is a common noun, a general word for any person who writes; a general word for a profession.
A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing; for example, William Shakespeare or Maya Angelou.