Nouns are one of the most important parts of most sentences. They name people, places, things, ideas and more. With nouns being such an important part of an English sentence, it is no big surprise that mistakes are many. Fortunately these mistakes are easy to find and correct.
If you are unfamiliar with the following types of nouns, I suggest that you take a quick look as it will make everything easier to understand later. Abstract Nouns vs. Concrete Nouns, Countable Nouns vs. Uncountable Nouns, and Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns.
Now let’s get stuck into the mistakes starting with the two most common. People not persons and One of + plural of the noun.
Talking about two nouns produces four common mistakes: Use of both with nouns, Both, Either or Neither, Two nouns connected by and, and Using or and nor to connect two nouns.
Comparing nouns produces five common mistakes. These are looked at in Only use one comparative, A group of two nouns, Comparing two people or things, Comparing more than two people or things, and Use a singular noun after any other.
Understanding the difference between Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns is important for the next group of mistakes. Nouns with the same singular and plural forms, News is or news are, Nouns which are always plural, Hair or hairs, and Money and verb agreement.
A very common mistake made with adjectives and hyphens before their nouns is looked at in More than one adjective before a noun.
Three common mistakes made with articles (a, an, the) and their nouns are looked at in Using articles with adjectives without nouns, Using articles with place nouns, and Using articles with pairs of nouns.
This mini course about common mistakes with nouns is rounded off with a look at how to use numbers with nouns in Numbers greater than one use a plural noun, and Possessive compound noun.
