Noun
Key Facts
Abbreviation
N
Pronunciation
/naʊn/
Category
Community
Related Field
Educational
Examples in Context
- It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify.
- It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify : we say ' a good cry ', not ' a cry good '.
- The word " person " is a countable noun.
- In English a noun may be preceded by a monosyllable called an article.
- In " the black cat " the adjective " black " modifies the noun " cat ".