It may be applied to every animal
and creature in the universe. By the term creature, I mean that
which has been created; as, a dog, water, dirt. This word is also
frequently applied to actions; as, "To get drunk is a beastly
_thing_." In this phrase, it signifies neither animal nor creature;
but it denotes merely an action; therefore this action is the thing.
Nouns are used to denote the nonentity or absence of a thing, as well as
its reality; as, _nothing, naught, vacancy, non-existence,
invisibility_.
Nouns are sometimes used as verbs, and verbs, as nouns, according to
their _manner_ of meaning; and nouns are sometimes used as adjectives,
and adjectives, as nouns. This matter will be explained in the
concluding part of this lecture, where you will be better prepared to
comprehend it.
NOUNS are of two kinds, common and proper.
A _Common noun_ is the name of a sort or species of things; as, _man,
tree, river_.
A _Proper noun_ is the name of an individual; as, _Charles, Ithaca,
Ganges_.
A noun signifying many, is called a _collective noun_, or _noun of
multitude_; as, the _people_, the _army_.
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