Inglise keele struktuur
I saw...
1 2 3 2+3
without det John *bottle furniture cake
the *the John the bottle the furniture the cake
a *a John a bottle *a furniture a cake
some *some John *some bottle some furniture some cake
plural *Johns bottles *furnitures cakes
count nouns noncount nouns `dual class
proper nouns membership'
common nouns
Proper nouns: Sid, John, Linda
- don't share the formal characteristics of common nouns (no article contrast, number
contrast, modification): *the Tallinn, a Tallinn
- unique denotation, usually written with initial capitals