The word 'fallen' is the past participle of the verb 'to fall' (falls, falling, fell, fallen). The past participle of the verb is also an adjective: A fallen tree.
Adjectives can act as nouns and can be a subject, object, or complement in a sentence. For example:
"The fallen are remembered on Memorial Day." means "The fallen soldiers are remembered on Memorial Day."
"We visited the memorial to the fallen." means "We visited the memorial to the fallen firefighters."
No, "Fallen" is not a common noun; it is typically used as a proper noun, especially in contexts like titles of books, songs, or specific entities (e.g., "Fallen" as a title in literature or media). Common nouns refer to general items or concepts, while proper nouns name specific ones. In general usage, "fallen" can also be an adjective or the past participle of the verb "fall."
Fall can be used as a verb and a noun. Verb: e.g. to descend/move to a lower position. Noun: e.g. a reduction.
As a collective noun, it can take either a singular or plural noun. If, however, it follows the definite article the, you should use a singular verb, as in The number of students taking advanced math classes has fallen over the last ten years.
It can be. Most past participles like fallen may be used as adjectives: She's a fallen woman.
No, the noun "firefighter" is a common noun; a general word for a person whose job is to extinguish fires; a word for any firefighter.A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place or thing; for example, the Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Monument in Colorado Springs, CO or the Museum of Firefighting in Hudson, NY.
The word fallen is not a noun, it is the past tense of the verb 'to fall' or and adjective.
The is capital because The Fallen is not refering to a group of people but one person who is named The Fallen. It is capital because it is a proper noun.
A bird landed on the fence post. The guard had fallen asleep at his post.
Yes, the word snowfall is a common, compound, concrete noun; a word for the amount of snow that has fallen within a given area in a given time, a word for a thing.
Fall can be used as a verb and a noun. Verb: e.g. to descend/move to a lower position. Noun: e.g. a reduction.
Yes, 'tooth fairy' is a compound noun, a word for a character from folklore who issupposed to leave money under a child's pillow in place of a baby tooth that has just fallen out; a word for a character.
Judge is a common gender noun. There is no need to further identify a judge by their gender. Other feminized nouns have fallen out of use as they are unnecessary.
No the fallen is the fallen
The Fallen books are about fallen angels at the brink of a war because their main angel, Daniel, has fallen in love with a human.
No, the word 'fallen' is the past participle of the verbto fall (falls, falling, fallen, fell). The past participle of the verb is also an adjective (a fallen tree, the fallen leaves).
The noun 'sticks' is the plural form for the singular stick, a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a thing. The word 'sticks' is also the third person, singular, present of the verb to stick.
We Are the Fallen was created in 2009.