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Is the word noun a noun?

It is a noun used as a predicate nominative.

Edit: the reason you guys think it is an adjective is because it sounds like it is modifying something because you usually use it like so: "dog" is a "noun."

That is like saying dog is green. But in this case noun is in fact a predicate nominative, not an adjective like green.
 
Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Originally posted by: SurgicalShark
Originally posted by: her209
Or is it an adjective?
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Noun is an adjective by itself, because it describes more regarding one class of words in English.
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Noun is always a noun.
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I would go so far as to say that "noun" is one of the most nounly words there is. The paucity of nounliness in "adjective" is surpassed only by the lack of adjectivity in "noun". You could say that "noun" has a dearth of adjectivity.
 
Originally posted by: SurgicalShark
Originally posted by: sniperruff
no "adjective" is not an adjective. but "noun" is a noun.
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Sorry but wrong
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"adjectitve" and "noun" or "proverb" or "verb" are ALL WORDS. and WORDS are objects, thus they are nouns.

you say "an adjective", "a proverb" because they are nouns. the reason that you don't say "a happy" or "an empty" because "happy" and "empty" are adjectives.
 
Originally posted by: sniperruff
Originally posted by: SurgicalShark
Originally posted by: sniperruff
no "adjective" is not an adjective. but "noun" is a noun.
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Sorry but wrong
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"adjectitve" and "noun" or "proverb" or "verb" are ALL WORDS. and WORDS are objects, thus they are nouns.

you say "an adjective", "a proverb" because they are nouns. the reason that you don't say "a happy" or "an empty" because "happy" and "empty" are adjectives.
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Thank you for posting this as I was not going to type it out.
 
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