Common nouns |
Proper nouns |
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Countable nouns |
Uncountable nouns |
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Singular nouns |
Plural nouns |
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**cannot be used without a determiner! | rings | jewelry | John |
a ring | some rings | some jewelry | **proper nouns cannot take a determiner unless it is part of the name (e.g. – The United States) |
the ring | the rings | the jewelry | |
this ring that ring |
these rings those rings |
this jewelry that jewelry |
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one ring | two rings three rings four rings etc. |
**cannot be used with a number | |
my ring your ring John’s ring etc. |
my rings your rings John’s rings etc. |
my jewelry your jewelry John’s jewelry etc. |
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— | a lot of rings lots of rings |
a lot of jewelry lots of jewelry |
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— | many rings a few rings |
much jewelry a little jewelry |
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