http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aAbstract+nouns+tag%3aFriendshipsSearch results for 'tag:Abstract nouns tag:Friendships' matching tags 'Abstract nouns' and 'Friendships'en-USXMOD (Build: 3715.30106)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhenPleasureCountNounUncount/4/mckdq/Post.htm#1016162Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:24:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1016162dimsumexpressHere are my thoughts on abstract nouns. &quot;Pain&quot;, &quot;thought&quot; and &quot;feeling&quot;, and many more like them are intangible nouns which we can&#39;t really count as a unit, like apples or oranges. But we can certainly feel them and use them in plural contexts. One can have headache, neck muscle and shoulder pain at the same time, and to allivate the &quot;pains&quot;, he would take a couple of Tylenolds. Half hour later, he may say &quot;All my pains are gone!&quot; To say &quot;a pain&quot; is like someone singing out of tune, to me anyway. One could say to his doctor &quot;I feel the sharp pain in my ankles when I walk up the stairs&quot;. I personally would not use an &quot;a&quot; to associate with...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDifferenceBetweenAbstractNoun-Adjective/czkzh/post.htm#926527Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:19:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:926527cliveHi, If you say &#39;It is good&#39;, we need to know what you are talking about. eg a good man eg a good dinner eg a good book The noun tells us what you are describing. Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AbstractNoun/knlzv/post.htm#902351Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:34:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:902351cliveHi, how to write a sentence using abstract noun as a subject? Generally speaking, it&#39;s the same way as for any other kind of noun. Pls. give me an example eg Sadness upsets me. eg Religion confuses me. Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeWords/kmdch/post.htm#895220Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:05:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:895220gleb_chebrikoffDear friend, 1. Badly meaning very much (usually used in relation to needing or wanting sth) is not considered informal, but it certainly adds some emotional emphasis to the neutral very much , so it should be used where appropriate; 2. Get is doubtlessly used in the meaning of obtain, receive, be given sth, including abstract nouns, but its use is restricted to informal language. Some examples of this are We got permission from the council to start meeting and Young players will get the chance to meet one of their heroes. 3. Both variants are acceptable, but the second, though standard, seems less formal because suborinating conjunction that (simply called subordinator) is omitted. Please note that the first alternative can sound...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseHeplMeAboutAbstract/kjjjw/post.htmTue, 01 Sep 2009 07:01:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:882189anonymousA. Change adjectives to abstract Strong Wide Broad High Young True Wise Free Humble Short Good Proud Just Decent Vacant Brave - Bravery Vain Cruel Dark - Darkness Sweet Bitter Quick Ignorant Deep Novel Sane - Sanity Human Humble Long - longevity B. Change verbs to abstract Laugh Please Persevere Obey Act Defend Live Starve Think Expect Occupy </spahttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AbstractNoun/kdbcm/post.htmThu, 06 Aug 2009 19:50:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:850284sreelekhamay i get the abstract noun forms for the following words hate,suspecious.sad,mix,friend,poor,deep,high,clean.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tefl/wdhrh/post.htm#789493Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:44:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:789493anonymous&#39;While&#39; is not an abstract noun when the sentence is about somebody doing something, before they do something else. It is more like a connective word (because, and, or). For example: &#39;While she waited for the train, she drank a cup of coffee.&#39; instead of: &#39;She waited for the train and before it arrived, she drank a cup of coffee.&#39; BUT &#39;while&#39; can also mean a length of time, but less precise than &#39;hour&#39; or &#39;day&#39;. For example: &#39;I haven&#39;t seen her for a while.&#39; If &#39;while&#39; comes after the word &#39;a&#39;, then I reckon that &#39;while&#39; is an abstract noun, because it is talking about a length of time. (&#39;Hour&#39; &#39;day&#39; etc are abstract...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SingularOrPlural/jzbqq/post.htm#779248Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:32:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:779248avangiThis is exactly the problem. You can&#39;t use a formula approach. In most of the cases where you would say &quot; different types of X ,&quot; you CANNOT say &quot; different X&#39;s .&quot; You need to gradually acquire a knowledge of how each noun is used. Read good stuff, so you can trust that the nouns are used correctly. Perhaps you could try keeping a notebook of nouns which you know may be used both as a countable and as an uncountable. Please tell me if there is any simple rules to differentiate them . In my opinion, the answer is &quot;No.&quot; Generally speaking, my approach is to ask myself, &quot;Are these things , or is this stuff ??&quot; I agree that abstract nouns will be on...http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionOnAbstractNouns/wmqvv/post.htm#735426Mon, 18 May 2009 05:28:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:735426anonymousOk sorry, so how about, &quot;He displayed justice&quot;. Justice being the abstract noun. I was too thinking my difficulty was coming more from a philosphical point of view, however one that impedes my understanding of simple grammar. English is my first language, I don&#39;t have any trouble writing or speaking but I want to have a better grasp on proper sentence structure, grammar etc, as I want to write a book. I know how to use the words I know but if I grab a dictionary and find a totally new word I&#39;ve never heard of before, I wouldn&#39;t know how to properly use it in a sentence because of my lack of knowledge of grammar. So i guess its a matter of understanding definitions. I do find it easier to understand it when...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AbstractNoun/wdwnx/post.htmWed, 11 Mar 2009 06:55:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:685454ravi.dv11Hello friends, What is abstract noun and also provide suitable examples for that. Please could any one help me out this. Regardshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyDefiniteArticleOther/wcqwl/post.htm#682818Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:33:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:682818cool breezeAvangi has given you a good answer. I&#39;ll try to give another one and then you can choose whichever you like best! Memorization of facts , even though it is made up of three words, is thought of as just one concept without the article. Grammatically it is similar to abstract nouns, which take no article. In the participation of all people the emphasis is on &quot;participation&quot; as an activity and of all people is in the back of the speaker&#39;s mind. On second thought, I think Avangia and I are really talking about the same thing. CBhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Solecisms1/mkmvj/post.htmSun, 28 Nov 2004 20:33:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1054927adrian baileyBefore you read on, have a guess what Mr Jones selected as his Top 11 Solecisms... Adrian From &quot;New English Fourth, GCSE Edition&quot; (1987) by Rhodri Jones, published by Heinemann (London) A solecism is is the name given to something which offends against grammatical rules or correct usage. Of course, there can be differences of opinion about what is or is not correct. Something might be wrong in one context and correct in another. The kinds of points discussed here are those which are generally considered inelegant or ugly or illiterate. If you make a mistake of this kind in your writing it can stick out like a sore thumb and spoil your work. Here are some points for you to study and be careful with. 1. Amount/number. You should...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GenderIndoEuropeanLanguages/6/mbwvg/Post.htm#1009913Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:02:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1009913adrian baileyOn 27 Sep 2004, Skitt wrote I don&#39;t think he&#39;s ... a brilliant question; there&#39;s probably a thesis on it somewhere... You hardly need a thesis to think of le soleil/la lune vs. die Sonne/der Mond; le chat vs. die Katze; etc. As MB says, there is consistency within and between related languages. Students studying both French and German are saddened to discover that, although they share the concept of gender, the rules for its application are largely different, but at least there are rules. I have a little booklet called &quot;Le or La&quot; which outlines the rules of gender in French and I&#39;m sure there must be a similar publication or two for German. It should be well known, for instance, that, by and large, French nouns...