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Thing
A thing exists as a separate entity, physical object, quality or concept.[1]
The English word thing is often used when the specific name of the object is unknown, irrelevant, or not specified
This folk taxonomy is not logically coherent. Animals are considered living things, but humans are not generally considered things, despite being animals.
In English, the wh- words for things are what, which and whose (genitive case)
Thing can also be used to make the pronouns anything, something and nothing.
The word thing, and its plural things, can be used as a placeholder word, specifically a generic countable noun. For example:
- There are things on the table.
- There is a thing on the table.
- How many things are there?
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