Most words ending -ies are plural nouns. Here are the most common examples put into a paragraph: The list of most frequent plural nouns reveals a diverse range of topics and concepts. Companies play a pivotal role in the global economy, driving innovation and providing employment opportunities. Activities encompass a wide array of interests and […]
1 DEVELOPMENT (NN1) 3639014 2 GOVERNMENT (NN1) 3466025 3 MANAGEMENT (NN1) 3432275 4 DEPARTMENT (NN1) 2393384 5 TREATMENT (NN1) 2064906 6 ENVIRONMENT (NN1) 1967654 7 MOMENT (NN1) 1547243 8 EQUIPMENT (NN1) 1536861 9 STATEMENT (NN1) 1456050 10 INVESTMENT (NN1) 1423252 11 PAYMENT (NN1) 1406592 12 AGREEMENT (NN1) 1205911 13 MOVEMENT (NN1) 1176689 14 DOCUMENT (NN1)
1 SOCIAL (JJ) 3761303 2 SPECIAL (JJ) 3229728 3 FINANCIAL (JJ) 2465150 4 MATERIAL (NN1) 1430000 5 ESSENTIAL (JJ) 1148597 6 POTENTIAL (JJ_NN1) 1058312 7 COMMERCIAL (JJ) 984818 8 TRIAL (NN1) 830854 9 INITIAL (JJ_NN1) 813467 10 OFFICIAL (JJ_NN1) 698574 11 INDUSTRIAL (JJ) 595618 12 POTENTIAL (NN1_JJ) 534622 13 RESIDENTIAL (JJ) 444448 14 CRUCIAL (JJ)
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1 BACK (RP) 6374291 3 BACK (NN1) 1521907 7 BACK (VVI) 95994 13 BACK (VV0) 23213 20 BACK (JJ) 11650 30 BACK (II32) 4078
A1 a type of thing or person
A2 generous, helpful, and thinking about other people’s feelings
EVP
It is very possible to have a noun after a past participle. 1 TAKEN (VVN) PLACE (NN1) 57019 2 TAKEN (VVN) CARE (NN1) 52472 3 TAKEN (VVN) ADVANTAGE (NN1) 15507 4 MADE (VVN) PUBLIC (NN1_JJ_RR@) 14502 5 ELECTED (VVN_JJ@) PRESIDENT (NN1) 10852 6 TAKEN (VVN) PART (NN1) 9235 7 BUILT (VVN) ENVIRONMENT (NN1) 7734 8
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Between an adjective and a preposition, a word ending in ‘-ES’ is a plural noun. 1 DIFFERENT (JJ) TYPES (NN2) OF (IO) 214636 2 OTHER (JJ) TYPES (NN2) OF (IO) 88973 3 VARIOUS (JJ) TYPES (NN2) OF (IO) 44725 4 CERTAIN (JJ) TYPES (NN2) OF (IO) 40226 5 EARLY (JJ) STAGES (NN2) OF (IO) 33456
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The word ‘way’ is almost always a noun, but sometimes it can be an adverb. 1 WAY (singular noun) Here are common phrases at various levels as examples: And, by the way, I was right, she‘s not married. listen Personality goes a long way. listen Colonel, I have no way to protect these people. listen I guess, in one way or another, I‘ve been headed for this for a couple of years, haven’t I? listen I shall be relieved when it is ended, one way or the
1 NOT (XX) PART (NN1) 50878 2 N’T (XX) PART (NN1) 7448 3 NOT (XX) ROCKET (NN1) 5916 4 NOT (XX) IMPACT (NN1_VV0%) 5263 5 NOT (XX) PRACTICE (NN1) 4547 6 NOT (XX) WORK (NN1_VV0) 3883 7 NOT (XX) IMPACT (NN1) 3447 8 NOT (XX) POST (NN1_II@) 3340 9 NOT (XX) LIFE (NN1) 3107 10
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-ITY is a noun suffix that is formed from some adjectives. It means the quality of or state of. For example, scarcity means the quality of being scarce. Some other examples of nouns with -ITY suffix are: Equality: quality of being equal Rarity: quality of being rare Activity: state of being active Sensitivity: quality of being sensitive
1 MOST (DAT) PEOPLE (NN) 528006 2 MOST (DAT) CASES (NN2) 174149 3 MOST (DAT) THINGS (NN2) 27916 4 MOST (DAT) WOMEN (NN2) 25879 5 MOST (DAT) COMPANIES (NN2) 25464 6 MOST (DAT) STATES (NN2) 23512 7 MOST (DAT) DAYS (NNT2) 23351 8 MOST (DAT) AMERICANS (NN2) 21777 9 MOST (DAT) STUDENTS (NN2) 21195 10
It seems impossible to find a lexical base verb after lexical verb + noun. 1 GET (VVI) THINGS (NN2) DONE (VDN) 15273 2 MAKE (VVI) ENDS (NN2) MEET (VVI) 12084 3 GETTING (VVG) THINGS (NN2) DONE (VDN) 7515 4 LET (VVI) PEOPLE (NN) KNOW (VVI) 6309 5 HAVING (VHG) TROUBLE (NN1) GETTING (VVG) 6301 6
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1 YEARS (NNT2) OLD (JJ) 539284 2 YEAR (NNT1) OLD (JJ) 384604 3 ATTORNEY (NN1) GENERAL (JJ) 80829 4 OPTIONS (NN2) AVAILABLE (JJ) 76190 5 MONTHS (NNT2) OLD (JJ) 54992 6 INFORMATION (NN1) AVAILABLE (JJ) 39309 7 ENERGY (NN1) EFFICIENT (JJ) 38041 8 FEET (NN2) TALL (JJ) 34023 9 MONTH (NNT1) OLD (JJ) 33878 10
A search for: _N _RL 1 RIGHT (NN1_RR) AWAY (RL) 65079 2 MILES (NNU2) AWAY (RL) 62505 3 COMMENTS (NN2) BELOW (RL) 51896 4 VIDEO (NN1) BELOW (RL) 43933 5 PEOPLE (NN) HERE (RL) 40996 6 WAY (NN1) HOME (RL_NN1) 38231 7 LINK (NN1) BELOW (RL) 37030 8 TIME (NNT1) TOGETHER (RL) 35626 9 FUNERAL
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1 LEFT (VVN) 825113 2 LEFT (JJ) 812850 3 LEFT (VVD) 655523 11 LEFT (RL) 75837 15 LEFT (NN1) 38688
What does ‘s mean between a noun and an adjective? It is always a genetive marker. It shows possession. WORLD (NN1) ‘S (GE) LARGEST (JJT) WORLD (NN1) ‘S (GE) LEADING (JJ_VVG) WORLD (NN1) ‘S (GE) BEST (JJT) WORLD (NN1) ‘S (GE) BIGGEST (JJT) NATION (NN1) ‘S (GE) LARGEST (JJT) WORLD (NN1) ‘S (GE) GREATEST (JJT)
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GET (VV0) DAILY (JJ) NEWS (NN1) IS (VBZ) GOOD (JJ) NEWS (NN1) TAKE (VVI) FULL (JJ) ADVANTAGE (NN1) USING (VVG) SOCIAL (JJ) MEDIA (NN) MAKES (VVZ) PERFECT (JJ) SENSE (NN1) HAS (VHZ) EXTENSIVE (JJ) EXPERIENCE (NN1) READ (VV0) FULL (JJ) REVIEW (NN1) MAKE (VVI) INFORMED (JJ@) DECISIONS (NN2) ARE (VBR) OTHER (JJ) WAYS (NN2) IS
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Almost 70% of the preceding word forms are nouns or determiners and mostly singular. They are rarely adjectives. The main exception is ‘full of’. For example: part of number of lot of end of amount of the use of a kind of
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In the top 100 of DA2 + *s there are a few plural time nouns but most are plural nouns. The only exception is ‘many as’ This is the count: (nn2): 73 many: 53 few: 31 (nnt2): 22 several: 16 years: 3 days: 3 times: 3 months: 3 ways: 3 hours: 3 things: 3 others:
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