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Induction of English Noun Usage
The usage of English nouns is summarized as follows:

First, commonly used nouns generally refer to names used to express people, things or certain substances and abstract concepts. For example: students; Dog dog; Cats; Teacher, wait. Generally, we divide common nouns into five categories: individual nouns, collective noun, compound nouns, material nouns and abstract nouns.

1, individual nouns are often used to represent a single person and thing.

2. collective noun is generally used to indicate the name of a group of people or things.

3. Compound nouns refer to nouns composed of two or more nouns connected together.

4. Material nouns are usually used to describe substances whose shapes and sizes are unknown in our daily life.

5. Abstract nouns are generally used to describe abstract concepts such as actions or states.

Second, proper nouns are usually used to represent scenic spots, celebrities, countries, surnames, etc. Capitalize the first letter of proper nouns.

According to the countability of nouns, we divide nouns into countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

1, countable nouns refer to people or things that can be counted by numbers, and countable nouns have plural forms. For example: cars, dogs, cats, rooms and so on.

Countless nouns refer to concepts, states, qualities, feelings, etc. That can't be calculated by numbers. Countless nouns have no plural form.