What is a Noun

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What is a Noun?

• By
• Atiya Hamilton

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Definition of a Noun

• A noun is a word that can be used to refer to a
  person, place, or thing.
• A noun can also be a word that can serve as the
  subject or object of a verb.
• Nouns that begin with a capitol letter are called
  proper nouns.

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More Information about Nouns

• Nouns that has been changed from its original
  form to show ownership or is closely related to
  something else is called a possessive noun.
• A noun becomes possessive by adding a apostrophe
  and a lower case s

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Question What is a Proper Noun?

• 1A noun that is always at the beginning of a
  sentence.
• 2A noun that causes the its name to change.
• 3A noun that ends with a period.
• 4 A noun that begins with a capitol letter.

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Wrong

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Correct

• You are awesome!

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Bio

• Hello, My name is Atiya Hamilton. I am a senior
  at Western Michigan University majoring in Early
  Childhood Education and my minor is Creative
  Arts. I enjoy eating out, shopping, and hanging
  out with my older sister. I plan to move to
  Chicago, IL and teach preschool at Kingdom Kids
  Learning Center.
• The information in this presentation was derived
  from http//www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergra
  mmar/objcompl.htmldirect20object