Uses of Noun

Nouns are words you use to talk about people, places, and things.

Singular
This is a book.
This is a singular noun. That means that it stands for one of something.

Plural
And these are books.
This is a plural noun. That means that it stands for more than one of something.

English usually forms the plural by adding an "s" to the singular noun. Sometimes, though, the plural looks like a completely different word:

This is a child. (singular)

And these are children. (plural)

There is a man. (singular)

There are some men. (plural)

There aren’t that many words in English that form the plural this way. It’s much more common to form the plural by adding "s."

Here are some more examples of English nouns:

the car	the house	a girl
the cars	the houses	girls

 

Count and Non count Nouns

Count nouns are nouns that can be counted (e.g., a book, two friends, three cars, etc.). A count noun may be preceded by a or an in the singular; it takes a final -s or -es in the plural. Noncount (or mass) nouns refer to things that cannot be counted (e.g., money, rain, snow, butter, wind, air, clothing, etc.). Noncount nouns are not preceded by a or an and have no plural form. COMMON NONCOUNT NOUNS advice weather equipment news water jewelry information music postage work money luggage Some nouns can be both count and noncount nouns: --We drank some wine. (Noncount) --We ordered three wines. (Count) (It is implicit that three different wines were ordered.)