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Great Grammar 1

 The grammar of a language is the set of rules that govern its structure. Grammar determines how words are arranged to form meaningful units. Every language has its own distinctive grammar.

Nouns 

Nouns make up the basic elements of the English language. Together with verbs, nouns form the basic components of nearly all sentence structures. Nouns have traditionally been known as persons, places or things; but they can be other things as well. The following examples show the noun types and how they are typically used in sentences. 

Persons

John F. Kennedy was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Melville received advice from Hawthorne when writing his novel.

Places

Chicago  is one of my favourite cities to visit.

Argentina is a country of wondrous beauty.

Louisiana ranks as one of the top states to visit in the country.

Things

A car is necessary to get around town.

Football is a great sport.

Baseball has been very good to me.

Activities 

Horseback riding is popular the world over. ( Riding is considered a gerund – a noun  formed from a verb by adding -ing.)

He took writing to a new level.

Jeff enjoys flying airplanes.

Collections

Congress is now in session.

A committee was appointed to resolve the differences.

We participated in a team exercise.

Concepts

Liberty is the basis of all freedoms.

Equality was at the forefront of our discussions.

Freedom is not free.

Conditions

Democracy is the basis of our government.

Monarchy is the rule of a country by a king or queen.

Socialism focuses on social ownership, not private ownership, of industry.

Events 

The Civil War  was fought between 1861 and 1865.

The birthday party went very well.

Everyone went to the concert and had a good time.

Groups

The VFW had their meeting on Tuesday night.

The American Medical Association released a statement to the news media.

I attended a conference of the American Library Association.

Qualities

Even at age fifty-six, he could be childlike in his enthusiasm.

Articles are a unique type of adjective. Amazingly, there are only three articles used in the English language: the, a and an. Without  these articles, references to everyday, mundane objects would be difficult.