A singular noun is a Word for one person, place, or thing.
A 'special noun' is called an abstract noun, a Word for something that can't be experienced by any of the five senses; they can't be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched.
Abstract nouns are Words for things that are known, understood, believed, or felt emotionally.
Some abstract nouns are countable (have a singular and a plural form) and some are not.
Examples of singular abstract nouns:
- ability (plural, abilities)
- belief (plural, beliefs)
- courage (uncountable)
- danger (plural, dangers)
- education (uncountable)
- faith (plural, faiths)
- guarantee (plural, guarantees)
- happiness (uncountable)
- ignorance (uncountable)
- joke (plural, jokes)
- knowledge (uncountable)
- liberty (plural, liberties)
- memory (plural, memories)
- nonsense (uncountable)
- opinion (plural, opinions)
- promise (plural, promises)
- quest (plural, quests)
- reason (plural, reasons)
- sincerity (uncountable)
- trouble (plural, troubles)
- urge (plural, urges)
- victory (plural, victories)
- welcome (plural, welcomes)
- year (plural, years)
- zeal (uncountable)
Note: There are also plural, uncountable, abstract nouns that have no singular form; for example, news, means, earnings, regards, etc.
