Nouns
Nouns are generally understood as a person, place, thing, or an idea. Though this is correct there is a lot more to nouns than just this basic definition.
Nouns, have two inflectional markings; Number which shows either singular or plural and Possession which shows the possession the noun has on another.
Number marking -s or -es Pencil becomes Pencils Jar becomes Jars Glass becomes glasses Vowel change Foot becomes feet Mouse becomes mice Woman becomes Women Irregular Number Marking Adding -en Child becomes children Ox becomes Oxen Zero Marking (no change) Deer Pants Borrowing (from other languages) Alumnus becomes Alumni Criterion becomes Criteria Phenomenon becomes Phenomena Formula becomes Formulae | Possessive Marking 's The boy's clothes. The cat's toy. The judge's decision The men's wives. s', If the plural noun ends in "s" The boys' uniforms. The cats' toys. The Smiths' garage.
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Derivational suffixes turn a root into a noun
-er
Dance into Dancer
Sing into Singer
Print into Printer
-ment:
Govern into Government
Move into Movement
-ion
Elect into Election
Select into Selection
