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                              noun ADJ.  plural, singular ‘Sheep’ is both a singular and plural noun. | countable | mass, uncountable | feminine, masculine, neuter Most feminine nouns in Polish end in the letter ‘a’. | common, proper Proper nouns begin with a capital letter. | abstract, concrete ‘Happiness’ is an abstract noun. ‘Car’ is a concrete noun. | collective ‘Flock’ is a collective noun. VERB + NOUN  decline, inflect English nouns are not usually inflected. | modify, qualify a prepositional phrase qualifying a noun | follow The noun is followed by an intransitive verb. | precede an adjective preceding the noun NOUN + VERB  end in sth Most English plural nouns end in an ‘s’. | follow sth | precede sth NOUN + NOUN  class, phrase
                        
                        
 
                        
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                            noun
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A noun is a subject, place or thing., ruin:  
The loss of the car is serious.
                        
                        
 
                        
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