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  2. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Nouns are also created by converting verbs and adjectives, as with the words talk and reading (a boring talk, the assigned reading). Nouns are sometimes classified semantically (by their meanings) as proper and common nouns (Cyrus, China vs frog, milk) or as concrete and abstract nouns (book, laptop vs embarrassment, prejudice). [4]

  3. Part of speech - Wikipedia

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    The ancient work on the grammar of the Tamil language, Tolkāppiyam, argued to have been written around 2nd century CE, [8] classifies Tamil words as peyar (பெயர்; noun), vinai (வினை; verb), idai (part of speech which modifies the relationships between verbs and nouns), and uri (word that further qualifies a noun or verb).

  4. American and British English grammatical differences

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    In British English (BrE), collective nouns can take either singular (formal agreement) or plural (notional agreement) verb forms, according to whether the emphasis is on the body as a whole or on the individual members respectively; compare a committee was appointed with the committee were unable to agree.

  5. Collective noun - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, a collective noun is a word referring to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are not specific to one kind of thing. [1] For example, the collective noun "group" can be applied to people ("a group of people"), or dogs ("a group of dogs"), or objects ("a group of stones").

  6. Comparison of American and British English - Wikipedia

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    In British English (BrE), collective nouns can take either singular (formal agreement) or plural (notional agreement) verb forms, according to whether the emphasis is on the body as a whole or on the individual members respectively; compare a committee was appointed with the committee were unable to agree.

  7. Audience - Wikipedia

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    An audience in Tel Aviv, Israel, waiting to see the Batsheva Dance Company Audiences at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia. An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatre, music (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or ...

  8. Priceless audience reaction to asylum comment on BBC ... - AOL

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    A BBC Question Time audience member was visibly shocked when a viewer beside her said she did not believe in asylum. In Thursday's (5 December) episode of the political panel show, a woman claimed ...

  9. English adverbs - Wikipedia

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    William Bullokar wrote the earliest grammar of English, published in 1586.It includes a chapter on adverbs. His definition follows: An adverb is a part of speech joined with a verb or participle to declare their signification more expressly by such adverb: as, come hither if they wilt go forth, sometimes with an adjective: as, thus broad: & sometimes joined with another adverb: as, how soon ...