You’re probably familiar with nouns as the words that name people, places, and things. But did you know that nouns don’t just label things; they also serve particular functions in a sentence?

IN everything we do involving other people, we make use of communication in some form. Of the different forms of communication, language – either spoken or written – is the most common. We use words ...

A member of Jose Carillo’s English Forum who goes by the username Sky made this request recently: “Please explain and give examples of the four nominative functions of nouns.” ...

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