A noun can function in a sentence as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, a subject complement, an object complement, an appositive, an adjective or an adverb. We shall be discussing examples of each type of these nouns at a later lesson.
Noun Gender
Many common nouns, like "principal" or "teacher," can refer to men or women. Once, many English nouns would change form depending on their gender -- for example, a man was called an "actor" while a woman was called an "actress" -- but this use of gender-specific nouns is very rare today. Those that are still used occasionally tend to refer to occupational categories, as given in the following sentences.
Woody Allen was a very popular comedy actor.
Julie Andrews was a very popular British actress.
The manager was trying to write a want ad, but he couldn't decide whether he was advertising for a "waiter" or a "waitress"
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