EXERCISE 2. CHANGE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTIONS TO FORMAL ENGLIS...

3. Gulf of Mexico (a place)

Note that fish, which was a noun in the earlier sentence, is not one here because it does

not name anything. Here, fish is a verb (a word that expresses action).

May a noun consist of more than one word?

Yes. Gulf of Mexico is one noun. Nouns of more than one word are

called compound nouns. Here are more examples of compound nouns:

living room

Atlantic Ocean