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Nouns
A Noun can be a single word,a phrase,a clause,and other equivalents that name.Many definitions of Nouns are inappropriate and misleading such as the definition "A Noun is the name of a person,animal,place or things"(this definition did not cover certain words that are Nouns like;wisdom,beauty,knowledge,etc which can not be said to be a/an person/animal/place /thing).The definition that appropriately suits the definition of nouns like the initial is that of a noun being single words or group of words denoting names.Nouns can be single words(John,book,wisdom,cat,Lagos,etc),phrases(the white man,an orange,a book,etc),clauses(the disease that kills,a stubborn boy who reuses to listen to his parents,etc),and equivalents(teaching,to eat,etc).The error of not defining nouns correctly has contributed to a great disaster in learning, starting from the foundational stages,and extending to high school.The child in the lower class sees nouns as only book,Mr Chidi,cat,etc but can not grasp the fact that nouns are more than these stages thereby resulting in the difficulty of teaching functions of nouns to advanced students and other aspects.Classification of nouns is another area that creates problems such as(Countable and Uncountable) before extra divisions and sub-divisions.

== SENTENCE A sentence has many definitions by various grammarians and dictionaries of different kinds.The following are examples: (a)A sentence is a combination of words that forms a thought. (b)A sentence is a group of words that makes sense. (c)Sentences are words ending with fullstops that show intelligent mindset. (d)A sentence is a group of words containing a subject and a predicate. (e)Sentences are group of words containing a subject and a predicate that makes complete sense. All these definitions look wonderful but do miss out on various parts that ought to make each of them balanced. Therefore,we can define a sentence as follow: A sentence is an arrangement of words which are able to stand alone used to claim,make requests,ask questions, or express feelings that may contain a predicate with a finite verb in it with a subject not left out. Another definition is,"A sentence is the highest unit of expression often made up of such units like words,phrases or clauses which themselves are sometimes made to function appropriately at sentence level.     The word"an aeroplane" doesn't make a complete sense and cannot be regarded as a sentence but if we expand it further to"I bought an aeroplane." then we can say that it expresses a complete thought and makes sense.A sentence can be a single word such as"Stop"the other format or pattern of saying this is"You stop"the subject in the sentence above is "You" while the finite verb is "stop" and as one can see,expresses a full thought or makes a complete sense.                              SUBJECT AND PREDICATE  Subject and predicate are two necessary parts in any expression that qualifies it as a sentence.The subject deals with the doer/performer of the action or who and what the expression or sentence focuses upon while the predicate deals with what is insinuated or said in the expression or sentence.In the sentence"Dauda kicked the boy" the subject is "Dauda" whereas the predicate is "kicked the boy."the subject in a sentence can consist of a single word or two or more words that can function as the subject while the predicate can also be a single Predicator(verb) or two or more Predicator(verbs) and the main or linking word in the predicate is the verb element.In the sentence"Dauda kicked the boy." the verb element is "kicked", and the single Predicator while the words"kicked the boy"is the predicate.When the subject is single as in"Dauda kicks."then it is known as a simple subject but if there are more than two or more then it is known as a compound subject as in this example,"The boys and girls clapped and danced at the occasion".When a predicate consists of a single Predicator(verb) then it is known as simple predicate but if it comprises two or more Predicator then it is known as a compound predicate.Another type is called Complete Predicate comprising just a phrase.The subject in a sentence can be a noun headword or a pronoun headword.Most subject of sentences appear at the beginning of sentences. SUBJECT                                   PREDICATE a.    Dauda                                      kicks. b. The stupid old fool                        won the dance competition. c.  He                                        refused to listen. d.   The boys and girls                      were disallowed from dancing together. e. You,she and I                           eat and play together. FEATURES OF SENTENCES Sentences are basic unit of expressions used to express complete thought and they have two major features viz: 1.Sentences must express complete thought. 2.Sentences must have a subject and a predicate. TYPES OF SENTENCES