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1.1 Part One and Part Two Overview 2

PART ONE: FORM OF ENGLISH NOUNS

1.2 Types of Nouns 2

1.3 One or Many: Singular and Plural Nouns 4

1.4 A Closer Look at Noun Endings: Common Noun Suffixes 5

1.5 The Biological Nature:
Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter Nouns 6

1.6 In the Company of a Noun: Articles 7

PART TWO: USES OF ENGLISH NOUNS

1.7 From Form to Use of Nouns 8

1.8 When Nouns Become Subjects 9

1.9 Simple and Compound Subjects 11

1.10 When One Noun Is Not Enough: Subject Complements 12

1.11 Possessive Nouns: Showing Relationship or Ownership 13

1.12 What Is a Sentence? Building Blocks and Units 16

1.13 When Verbs Expand to Include Objects: Direct Objects 18

1.14 Another Type of Object: Objects of Prepositions 22

1.15 Overview of Uses of Nouns 24

1.16 Review Exercises 25

Nouns Adjectives Pronouns Verbs Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections

CHAPTER 1

NOUNS

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