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The most common word used to tell more about a noun is an adjective. Examples:
- hot water
- cold water
- dirty water
- deep water
- soapy water
Other words used to tell more about a noun are:
A possessive noun tells who or what that noun belongs to. Examples:
- my brother's car
- the book's cover
- the children's playground
- the ladies' room
- the men's department
An attributive noun is a noun used as an adjective to describe another noun. Examples:
- almond cookies
- school building
- road hog
- paint brush
- computer keyboard
A partitive noun is a noun to count or quantify an uncountable noun; or a noun which comes before a noun and shows that designates only part of something. Examples:
- a cup of coffee
- a piece of advice
- a bit of news
- a sheet of music
- a bolt of lightening
A subject complement is a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective that follows a linking verb that restates the subject of the sentence. A linking verb acts as an equals sign, the subject is or becomes the object. Examples:
- My sister was the first in our family to graduate college. (sister=first)
- My sister become a graphic designer. (sister>graphic designer)
- My sister is brilliant. (sister=brilliant)
An object complement is a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective that restates the direct object of a sentence. Examples:
- I named the puppy Spot.
- The ball seemed to make the puppy happy.
An appositive is a noun immediately following a noun that renames that noun. Examples:
- Mr. Roper, my teacher, gave me an A.
- I bought flowers, tulips, for mother's birthday.
Note: The difference between an appositive noun and an object complement is that an appositive can rename anynoun in the sentence, and an object complement can only rename the direct object.
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∙ 11y agoAn adjective modifies a noun (or pronoun), further describing it.
Adverbs, which modify verbs, modify adjectives also, which is additional information about a noun.
Some nouns can also be used to modify other nouns, usually to indicate origin or purpose.
A predicate nominative or a predicate adjective restates a noun subject following a linking verb, telling something about the noun.
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∙ 8y agoAn appositive is a noun, noun phrase, or series of nouns placed next to another word or phrase to identify or rename it. (e.g. Target, the newest store in the mall / my son, the doctor) It acts as a parenthetical form instead of using an adjective.
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A noun adjunct (also called an attributive noun) limits or defines another noun.
(e.g. home study, time card)
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A predicate nominative or a predicate adjectiverestates a noun subject following a linking verb, telling something about the noun.
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∙ 12y agoThe subject of a sentence may or may not tell about another noun. Examples:
The soup is hot. The subject is soup, the only noun in the sentence. Hot is an adjective that describes the subject.
My mother visited my aunt. The subject is the noun mother, the object is the noun aunt, but mother tells nothing about the aunt. The sentence tells what mother did.
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What explains a noun or pronoun that comes before it?
An adjective comes before a noun or a pronoun to tell more about it.
Does a noun phrase have a verb?
No, a noun phrase does not have a verb; if there is a verb, it is probably a noun clause.A noun phrase is any word or group of words based on a noun or pronoun that can function in a sentence as a subject, object or prepositional object. A noun phrase can be one word or many words.She is coming. She is coming to the meeting. She is coming to the meeting with the board of directors.A noun clause is any group of words that contains a subject and a verb but can't stand on it's own. A noun clause is a subordinate clause that is usually introduced by a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun.Freddie slipped some hamburger to the dog who was begging under the picnic table.
Why do writers use captions?
to tell more about the subject.
Is Cathy a pronoun?
No, the word 'Cathy' is a noun, a word for a person.The noun 'Cathy' is a proper noun, the name of a specific person.A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.Since the name 'Cathy' is usually for a female, the pronouns that take the place of the noun 'Cathy' are she as a subject and her as an object in a sentence.Examples:Cathy made the cake. She loves to bake. (the pronoun 'she' takes the place of the noun 'Cathy' as the subject of the second sentence)Cathy made the cake. I will tell her that you liked it. (the pronoun 'her' takes the place of the noun 'Cathy' as the direct object of the verb 'will tell')
How can I tell you that I love you noun clause?
The noun clause 'that I love you' is the indirect object of the verb 'tell'.
Is an appositive a noun that is placed after another noun in order to tell more about it and it's usually set off with commas?
Yes, that's correct. An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames or explains another noun, and it is typically offset by commas for clarity. It provides additional information about the noun it follows.
What is the noun clause in the following sentence. What books tell us should encourage us to learn more.?
"What books tell us" is the noun clause in the sentence. It acts as the subject of the sentence and functions as a single noun.
Does the direct object tell more about another noun?
The direct object receives the action of the verb.
Can a predicate nominative tell more about noun?
Yes, a predicate nominative will tell more about a subject noun.A predicate nominative is a noun or a pronoun that restates a subject noun following a linking verb. A linking verb acts as an equal sign, the subject is or becomes the object of a linking verb.Examples:My sister was the first in our family to graduate college. (sister=first)My sister become a graphic designer. (sister>graphic designer)
What does a noun tell?
a person, place, or thing. It's the subject, and it identifies what the sentence is about.
Does an adverb tell more about another noun?
The main job of an adverb is to modify a verb. An adverb can also modify and adjective, which is a word that 'tells more about a noun'. So, by modifying an adjective, an adverb is telling you more about the noun. Examples:a really hot dayfreshly laundered sheetsa broadly worded question
What are subjects and?
Subjects are the main noun of the sentence. Predicates, or verbs, tell what the subject is doing.
What part of speech tell more about a noun?
adjective describes the noun or establishes it's characteristics
Is the word sin a noun?
Yes, "sin" is a noun. It refers to a wrongful act or transgression against divine or moral law.
What Words that tell more about the noun they follow are called?
adjectives?
What are subjects and predicates?
Subjects are the main noun of the sentence. Predicates, or verbs, tell what the subject is doing.
Is girl an adverb?
No. Girl is a noun, and girlish is an adjective. An adverb form is girlishly. --- A noun is, generally speaking, a person, place, thing, or idea. An adverb, on the other hand, is a describing word that describes a verb. Adverbs often end in "-ly", such as "quickly", "loosely", "hungrily", or "wickedly". Verbs tell the reader what the subject did, adverbs tell the reader how the subject did it. So: The sentence "The dog ran quickly" makes sense because it has a noun, a verb, and an adverb. The words "The dog ran girl" is NOT a sentence, and doesn't make sense, because it has a noun, a verb, and another noun.
