1. Brushing Up on Parts of Speech

Nouns conjure up images of creatures, locations, or objects—dog, tornado, neighbor, Popeye, Australia. Anything that can act, be acted upon, or just plain be has a noun that names it. Nouns come in four basic types: Common: Your average everyday nouns that represent a class of objects as opposed to a particular individual. Words such as car, cat, toe, tree, […]

Nouns and pronouns represent beings: people, places, and things, including abstract things such as love and freedom. In any given sentence, they’re the ones doing the action or on the receiving end of the action. The following sections explain the difference between nouns and pronouns and provide additional relevant details for dealing with them.