The word 'before' is not a noun.
The word 'before' is an adverb, a preposition, and a conjunction.
A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.
Examples:
I've heard this speaker before. (adverb)
We'll be at the beachbefore lunch. (preposition)
I worked in fast food before I got this job. (conjunction)
The nouns in the example sentences are:
speaker (person)
beach (place)
lunch (thing)
food (thing)
job (thing)
Most do in English: An article (a, an, the) comes before a noun. Determiners "this" and "that" also precede a noun, as do possessives and numerical determiners.
A possessive noun may come before the noun it possess but it can come anywhere in the sentence.Examples:Mary's bicycle is new.Mary's is the red bicycle.The red bicycle is Mary's.Mary's new bicycle is red.
No. Occupation is not a proper noun therefore it should not be capitalized.
It depends on the noun, un before a masculine noun and une before a feminine noun
An indefinite pronoun takes the place of a noun. When an indefinite pronoun is placed right before the noun, it is an adjective that describes a noun. Examples:Indefinite pronoun: You may have some, we have more in the kitchen.Adjective: You may have some chicken, we have more chicken in the kitchen.
before the noun they describe
Most do in English: An article (a, an, the) comes before a noun. Determiners "this" and "that" also precede a noun, as do possessives and numerical determiners.
is before a common noun or an action verb
an is spelled 'un' before a masculine noun, 'une' before a feminine noun.
Yes, "before-and-after care" is hyphenated when used as a compound adjective before a noun, as in "before-and-after care program." However, when used as a noun phrase without modifying another noun, it can be written as "before and after care."
An adjective comes before a noun or a pronoun to tell more about it.
A possessive noun may come before the noun it possess but it can come anywhere in the sentence.Examples:Mary's bicycle is new.Mary's is the red bicycle.The red bicycle is Mary's.Mary's new bicycle is red.
The word 'the' is not a noun or a pronoun.The word 'the' is the definitearticle. The definite article 'the' is placed before a noun to indicate that the noun is a specific person (persons) or thing (things).The indefinite articles (a and an) are placed before a singular noun to indicate that the noun is a word for any person or thing.
No. Occupation is not a proper noun therefore it should not be capitalized.
It can be, when it replaces a noun with twelve individual parts. Before a noun, it is an adjective, and as a cardinal number, it is a noun.
It can be either. The color gray is a noun. Used before a noun, it is an adjective (gray sky).
It depends on the noun, un before a masculine noun and une before a feminine noun