Noun quantifiers are those words that precede a noun to modify that noun. They are:
ARTICLES
Definite articles: the; used to identify a specific noun.
Indefinite articles: a (used before a noun starting with a consonant sound), an (used before a noun starting with a vowel sound); used to identify a singular general noun.
ADJECTIVES
An adjective describes or qualifies a noun (a big dog, a small dog); adjectives are used before the noun or after the verb (This is an easy subject. or This is hard.); two or more adjectives can be used together (a beautiful, young lady). There are hundreds of adjectives, some samples are: happy, sad, green, white, special, somber, chewy, dark, heavy, sweet, lucky, wonderful, etc.
ATTRIBUTIVE NOUNS
Nouns used to describe other nouns (nouns used as adjectives), for example horse farm, house plant, vegetable broth, school books, shoe lace, ranch dressing on a house salad, etc.
MODIFYING PRONOUNS
Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those.
Distributive pronouns: each, either, none, neither, etc.
Numeral pronouns: some, any, few, many, none, all, etc.
The word 'rain check' is a (separated) compound noun, a noun made up of two words that forms a noun with its own meaning.
No, fair is an adjective, meaning okay or passable. Fare is a noun, meaning a payment.
Examples of synonyms for the noun 'argument' are:quarreldisagreementfightclashaltercationfeudSynonyms for an alternate meaning of the noun 'argument' are:justificationexplanationrationalizationevidencegrounds
Yes, boxcar is a compoundnoun. The combination of the noun 'box' and the noun 'car' form a compound noun with a meaning of its own.
The word "mission", meaning a task, is a noun.
quantifiers
Provided there is an adjective in front of weather, yes. So you can write, 'We have had a lot of fine/bad/stormy weather recently'.
Quantifiers for the uncountable noun 'soup' may be amounts:some soupa lot of soupa little soupa quart of soupQuantifiers are sometimes a word for a container:a cup of soupa pot of soupa can of soupa bowl of soup
The main determiners in English are articles (a, an, the), demonstratives (this, that, these, those), possessives (my, your, his, her, its, our, their), and quantifiers (some, many, few, several). These words are used to specify or limit the noun they precede in a sentence.
article demonstratives possessives quantifiers
The word 'meaning' is the present participle, present tense of the verb to mean. The present participle of the verb also functions as an adjective and a gerund (a verbal noun).Examples:He was meaning to call her. (verb)It was a well meaning gesture. (adjective)The meaning is not clear. (noun)
desert is a noun.
A noun is a word for a person, place, or a thing.
It can be a noun, meaning a speck, coloration, stain, or location. It can also be a verb, to spot, meaning to notice.
Deference (meaning submission) is the correponding noun to the verb to defer (meaning to yield/submit (to the wishes of another).
No, it is not a noun. Flimsy is an adjective meaning insubstantial or cheap.
Netiquette, meaning "network etiquette", is a noun.