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Classification of English Nouns

I personally classified all types of English nouns for my sake. What do you think? Any suggestions are welcome. I'd appreciate if you pick out something I'm missing.

 

GENERAL
 - COUNTABLE
  - Concrete
   - Common
    - Singular/Plural: <em>a dog/dogs</em>
    - Always Plural: <em>scissors</em>
    - Same Form in both S/P: <em>deer</em>
    - Embodied Material: <em>a stone/stones</em>
   - Collective
    - Family Type: <em>a family/families</em>
    - Police Type: <em>cattle</em>
  - Abstract: <em>an experience/experiences</em>

 - UNCOUNTABLE

  - Concrete
   - Material: <em>stone</em>
   - Collective - Furniture Type: <em>luggage</em>
  - Abstract
   - Uncountable Abstract: <em>experience</em>
   - Absolute Uncountable Abstract: <em>advice</em>*


PROPER
 - COUNTABLE: <em>Smith / Smiths</em>
 - UNCOUNTABLE: <em>Los Angels</em>

 

* Even AUA Nouns can be countable when they express other meanings like "a shipping advice."

Aug 28, 2015 9:49 PM
Comments · 2
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Here's what I think  - I love that avatar. Get many proposals of marriage here?

August 29, 2015

Some. But I do not believe such online love, and moreover I do not put any trust in those guys who are attracted only by my appearance. Hope you are not one of them.

August 30, 2015