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What is a noun?
What is a noun?
- A word that expresses a feeling
- A word that functions as a name for a specific object or set of objects (correct)
- A word that describes an action
- A word that modifies a verb
What is the role of articles and attributive adjectives in relation to nouns in English?
What is the role of articles and attributive adjectives in relation to nouns in English?
- They modify verbs
- They replace nouns
- They can occur with nouns (correct)
- They cannot occur with nouns
What is the history of word classes (parts of speech) according to the text?
What is the history of word classes (parts of speech) according to the text?
- They were first introduced in the 20th century
- They were described by Sanskrit grammarians from at least the 5th century BC (correct)
- They were never formally defined
- They were developed in the 19th century
Which language makes a grammatical distinction that looks like a noun verb distinction?
Which language makes a grammatical distinction that looks like a noun verb distinction?
Which of the following is NOT a function of a noun?
Which of the following is NOT a function of a noun?
What is the role of articles and attributive adjectives in relation to nouns in English?
What is the role of articles and attributive adjectives in relation to nouns in English?
Which of the following is a correct definition of a noun?
Which of the following is a correct definition of a noun?
What is the role of syntactic rules in relation to nouns?
What is the role of syntactic rules in relation to nouns?
What is the equivalent of the noun in Ancient Greek?
What is the equivalent of the noun in Ancient Greek?
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What is a noun?
What is a noun?
A word that names a specific object or set of objects.
What is the role of articles and adjectives in relation to nouns?
What is the role of articles and adjectives in relation to nouns?
They modify the noun in a sentence.
What is the history of word classes?
What is the history of word classes?
Sanskrit grammarians described them from at least the 5th century BC.
Which language makes a noun/verb distinction?
Which language makes a noun/verb distinction?
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Which of the following is NOT a function of a noun?
Which of the following is NOT a function of a noun?
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What is the role of syntactic rules in relation to nouns?
What is the role of syntactic rules in relation to nouns?
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What is a noun?
What is a noun?
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What is the equivalent of the noun in Ancient Greek?
What is the equivalent of the noun in Ancient Greek?
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What is the Ancient Greek word for 'noun'?
What is the Ancient Greek word for 'noun'?
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