Position of nouns in the sentence

1. After Articles

➢ A noun always follows an article. Articles include: a, an, the.

✎ NOTE: The noun may not immediately follow the article and can be separated by a few words.

Between the article and the noun, there may be an adjective that modifies the noun.

Example:

• The girl was from another city.
  → After the article the, there is the noun girl.
• I met a beautiful girl at the bus stop.
  → After the article a, there is the noun girl, with the adjective beautiful in between.

I met a beautiful girl at the bus stop.

2. After Possessive Words

➢ A noun always follows a possessive word. Possessive words include: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, and the possessive form.

✎ NOTE: The noun may not immediately follow the possessive word and can be separated by a few words.

Between the possessive word and the noun, there may be an adjective that modifies the noun.

• The train's departure was delayed because of the rain.
  → After the possessive form the train's, there is the noun departure.
• This is my new computer.
  → After the possessive adjective my, there is the noun computer, with the adjective new in between.

This is my new computer.

3. After Determiners

➢ A noun always follows determiners such as this, that, these, those, each, every, both, no, some, any, few, a few, little, a little,....

✎ NOTE: The noun may not immediately follow the determiner and can be separated by a few words.

Between the determiner and the noun, there may be an adjective that modifies the noun.

• It is important to do some research.
  → After the determiner some, there is the noun research.
• That young woman helped me carry my bag.
  → After the determiner that, there is the noun woman, with the adjective young in between.

It is important to do some research.

However, caution is needed as some pronouns have the same form as determiners but function differently in grammar.

Specifically, a noun phrase must follow a determiner, while a pronoun stands alone without a noun phrase following it:

• Demonstrative determiner: These new pencils are good.
  → After the demonstrative determiner these, there is the noun phrase new pencils.
• Demonstrative pronoun: These are good.
  → After the demonstrative pronoun these, there is no noun.