Nouns assignment #4

Link did not work so I had to post the news article


S. Korea`s new flu cases approach 3,000 mark

South Korea`s health authorities confirmed Sunday 106 more cases of new flu, or Type A Influenza, bringing the total number of South Koreans testing positive for the highly-contagious virus to 2,925, according to Yonhap News.
The Sunday toll is the latest clear sign that the Mexico-originated flu, originally called "swine flu," is spreading beyond control in South Korea. So far, two South Koreans, a man in his 50s and a 63-year-old woman, have died of the virus.

The government remains on high alert as the virus could spread faster in the next couple of weeks as students head back to school after summer vacations.

"It`s highly likely that the number of patients could surge as students return to schools this week," said an official at the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The official urged people to wash their hands frequently with soap and water and try to avoid close contact with sick people. If anyone has flu-like symptoms, he or she should visit a hospital for diagnosis, according to the official.



Singular
Man
Woman
Virus
Government
Soap
Water
Hospital
diagnosis
Official
School
alert
sign

Plural
Patients
Students
People
Hands
Symptoms
authorities
South Koreans
Weeks
Summer vacations

What is the importance of nouns?
Nouns are important, because if we do not have nouns in our life, we would not be able to refer to someone, or define anyone that we want to direct to.
How do they affect our everyday lives?
It would affect our everyday lives dramatically, because you have no way tell that you are referring to someone. So if you say something like "go in line" in front of 30 people in a public facility, it would be extremely hard to point out who you are referring to.
Would the English language be limited without nouns? Why or why not?
Yes, because your sentences will become very short and it would be hard to expand. Like you can't have any subjects or objects, so your sentence would go more than something like "very confused", because you can't use "I", and there is no reason to put "am".
How do nouns affect other languages?
Yes, every language needs nouns so it could refer to something. For example, in Korea we also use nouns, even though it would be as weird as English when we do not have any nouns, but nouns are still a very important part of literacy.