Ever wanted to hear the most relaxing description of nouns ever?

Snuggle up and spend some time learning about nouns: countable, concrete, collective, compound, and everything in between. All presented in the sleepy tones of Samantha Enslen, president of Dragonfly Editorial.

Breathe slowly. Listen and learn. And let your stress slip away.

02:16 What is a noun?

09:22 Collective nouns

12:35 Nouns as evocative parts of speech

17:29 Where did the word "noun" come from?

20:20 When nouns become verbs

29:19 Nouns as "details that leave a mark"

Sources:

The Chicago Manual of Style. 17th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.

The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. New York: Associated Press, 2022.

Hale, Constance. Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2001.

Watkins, Calvert, ed. The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.​

University of Chicago Press. But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"? Advice from the Chicago Style Q&A. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016.​

New York Public Library. New York Public Library Writer’s Guide to Style and Usage. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.​

Clark, Roy Peter. Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer. New York: Little, Brown, and Co., 2006.​

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