Lesson: Grammar 101 L01

Definition

Podemos dizer, a grosso modo, que substantivos são palavras utilizadas para coisas, lugares, pessoas ou animais. Ou, do outro modo, seres em geral, sejam eles concretos como um carro, ou abstratos, como o amor.

Exemplos de nouns:

Pessoa: John, Mark, Robert, Larry

Lugar: New York, Mexico, Africa

Coisa: car, water, door, pen

Estado: happiness

Qualidade: beauty

Countable and uncountable

Nouns podem ser dividos em contáveis e não contáveis.

Proper nouns

Using Capital Letters with Proper Nouns

We always use a Capital Letter for the first letter of a proper noun (name). This includes names of people, places, companies, days of the week and months. For example:

   They like John. (not *They like john.)
   I live in England.
   She works for Sony.
   The last day in January is a Monday.
   We saw Titanic in the Odeon Cinema.

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Proper Nouns (Names)

A proper noun is the special word (or name) that we use for a person, place or organization, like John, Marie, London, France or Sony. A name is a noun, but a very special noun - a proper noun. Proper nouns have special rules. common noun proper noun man, boy John woman, girl Mary country, town England, London company Ford, Sony shop, restaurant Maceys, McDonalds month, day of the week January, Sunday book, film War & Peace, Titanic