A noun is a thing, e.g. cat, room, exam. Most of the time, we can talk about how many of these things we have: Bobby has three cats at home! It’s amazing how many rooms are empty in our school. I have ...

I guess some users of the English language have what I will call ‘respect’ for certain words. So, whenever they are using the terms, they try to demonstrate this by all means. One easy way they do so ...

When we use an abstract uncountable noun to make a general statement, we don’t use the. When we use an abstract uncountable noun to refer to a specific example of a noun, we use the before the noun.

Sometimes a noun looks like it should be plural when it isn’t. Chances are that this noun is called a mass noun. Mass nouns are nouns that, by their very nature, are plural. These are also called ...

The question above emanated from some comments that greeted a recent observation by Lagos-based media executive, Bamidele Johnson. In a Facebook post, he had reminded his friends – and foes – that ...

Common noun is one of the various types of nouns used in English grammar. Nouns are words that refer to things, people, places, and ideas. They can be classified into different types, such as Common ...