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  2. English nouns - Wikipedia

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    English nouns form the largest category of words in English, both in the number of different words and how often they are used in typical texts.

  3. Plural form of words ending in -us - Wikipedia

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    The Latin word vīrus was a neuter noun of the second declension, but neuter second declension nouns ending in -us (rather than -um) are rare enough that inferring rules is difficult. (One rare attested plural, pelage as a plural of pelagus , is borrowed from Greek, so does not give guidance for virus .)

  4. Sell - Wikipedia

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    Colin Sell (born 1948), English pianist, noted for appearances on radio comedy I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Edward Sell (priest) (1839–1932), Anglican orientalist, writer and missionary in India Edward B. Sell (1942-2014), founder of the United States Chung Do Kwan Association

  5. Noun - Wikipedia

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    A proper noun (sometimes called a proper name, though the two terms normally have different meanings) is a noun that represents a unique entity (India, Pegasus, Jupiter, Confucius, Pequod) – as distinguished from common nouns (or appellative nouns), which describe a class of entities (country, animal, planet, person, ship). [11]

  6. Fence (criminal) - Wikipedia

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    As well, selling stolen goods takes a great deal of time and effort (transaction costs), as the thief would have to try to contact a number of potential buyers and show them the merchandise. Some habitual thieves are so well known to police that if the thief were to attempt to sell any used goods , this would quickly draw the attention of law ...

  7. Child selling - Wikipedia

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    Child-selling is the practice of selling children, usually by parents, legal guardians, or subsequent custodians, including adoption agencies, orphanages and Mother and Baby Homes. Where the subsequent relationship with the child is essentially non-exploitative, it is usually the case that purpose of child-selling was to permit adoption .

  8. Most common words in English - Wikipedia

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    Noun: 98: 90: Dolch list of 95 nouns 9 most: Adverb: 99: 144, 187: 12 us: Pronoun: 100: 113: Grade 2 6 Parts of speech. The following is a very similar list, also ...

  9. Compound subject - Wikipedia

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    A compound subject consists of two or more individual noun phrases coordinated to form a single, longer noun phrase. Compound subjects cause many difficulties in compliance with grammatical agreement between the subject and other entities (verbs, pronouns, etc.).