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Uses of Nouns

1. Subject refers to the word about something is said in a sentence.
2. Predicative nominative or predicate noun renames, identifies or explains the subject in a sentence. It is normally placed after a linking verb.
3. Direct object refers to the receiver of the action in a sentence. It answers the question What? or Who?
4. Indirect object tells to whom, to what, for whom or for what a thing is done.
5. Object of the preposition answers the question What? or Whom? after the preposition.
6. Appositive refers to a noun that identifies or provides further information about another word in the sentence.
   • Essential appositive makes the meaning of a sentence clear. It is usually not set off by a comma.
   • Non-essential appositive may be omitted in the sentence without changing the meaning of it.
7. Objective complement adds to the meaning of or renames the direct object. It appears only with these verbs:appoint, call, consider, declare, elect, judge, label, make, name, select or think.
8. Direct address is the name or word by which a person is addressed. It is set off by a comma.