Survey of English Grammar Wiki: Week 4

Nouns

1. Semantic test:
   • Nouns name persons, things or places
2. Morphological test:
   • Nouns can combine with a plural morpheme (-(e)s) to mark plurality
3. Syntactic test:
   • Nouns can occur with the possessive 's, i.e. in the environment: __ 's
   • Nouns can occur between a determiner and a verb, i.e. in the environment: Det __ V

Exercises on Nouns and NPs

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