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Are countries supposed to be abstract nouns?

Question #50765. Asked by giantcomet4.

mibmob
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mibmob
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No they are proper nouns as they are the names of places. Abstract nouns are things like happiness, hatred etc.

Sep 04 2004, 6:32 AM
gmackematix
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gmackematix
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Countries and other places have physically defined borders so must surely be concrete rather than abstract. We may not often speak about touching a country but countries can still be reached, crossed, entered, flown over, bombed and so on.

Sep 04 2004, 6:17 PM
philsgirl
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philsgirl

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Excuse the naivete of this question; but if I have my hands in the dirt in my garden, am I not touching my country, therefore making it concrete not abstract?

Sep 06 2004, 8:00 PM
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