#Rule-26 Concrete and Abstract Nouns All nouns serve to name | English Grammar Rules

#Rule-26 Concrete and Abstract Nouns


All nouns serve to name a person, place, or thing. Depending on whether they name a tangible or an intangible thing, nouns are classed as being either concrete or abstract.


Concrete Nouns
Concrete nouns name people, places, animals, or things that are or were physically tangible —that is, they can or could be seen or touched, or have some physical properties. For instance:
rocks
lake
countries
people
child
air
water
bread


Proper nouns are also usually concrete, as they describe unique people, places, or things.
Mary
The Queen
Africa
my MacBook
a Pepsi


Abstract Nouns
Abstract nouns, as their name implies, name intangible things, such as concepts, ideas, feelings, characteristics, attributes, etc.—you cannot see or touch these kinds of things.
Here are some examples of abstract nouns:
love
hate
decency
conversation
emotion
aspiration
excitement
lethargy

Gerunds, verbs that end in “-ing” and function as nouns, are also abstract. For example:
running
swimming
jumping
reading
writing
loving
breathing

These all name actions as concepts. They cannot be seen or touched, so we know they are NOT concrete.

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