▲Identifying people and things: nouns

1.14 A noun is used to identify a person or thing. in this chapter we describe six main types of noun. They are classified according to whether they have a plural form, whether they need a determiner in front of them, and whether they occur with a singular verb or a plural verb when they are the subject of the verb.

The six types are:

Many nouns have a number of different meanings, and so can be, for example, a count noun for one meaning, an uncount noun for another, and a singular noun for another.

There are a few other groups of nouns with special features. These are dealt with in paragraphs 1.60 to 1.93.

▲capital letters

1.15 Most nouns do not begin with a capital letter, unless they are used to start a sentence. However, the following types of nouns are always spelled with a capital letter:

• proper nouns or names

...my sister Elizabeth.

Play some more Chopin.

I’ll be in the office on Monday.

I thought he’d gone to London.

For more information on proper nouns, see paragraphs 1.53 to 1.59. Proper nouns that are time expressions are dealt with in Chapter 5, and those that are place names in Chapter 6.

• nouns which identify people of a particular nationality, or languages

Can you think of some typical problems that confront Germans learning English?

• nouns which are the name of a particular product

If the figures are all correct, then you win a Volkswagen.

Put a bit of Sellotape across it.

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