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Wed, 25 Aug 04 07:42 AM
My teacher wants me to list all the concrete, abstract, collective, and compound nouns in a paragraph that I wrote. What are these typesof nouns?
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CalifJim
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Wed, 25 Aug 04 09:27 AM
I hope you don't mind my asking, but won't your teacher explain these to you? Don't you have a book that explains these?
Here are some general ideas. These aren't technically perfect definitions.
Concrete: things you can see and/or touch; objects
house, table, person, cupboard, tree, bird, field, mountain, star
Abstract: not concrete, not objects
faith, love, tranquility, difficulty, electricity, fury
Collective: groups of things, animals, people
gang, committee, family, team, flock, herd,
Compound: two words stuck together
blackboard, greenhouse, skylight, lighthouse, shoehorn
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