Thursday (20/9/18) Notes (Parts of Speech EXTRAS)

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Noun:

1. person, place, thing, idea

2. common: begins with a lower case letter (city)

3. proper: begins with a capital letter (Detroit)

4. possessive: shows ownership (girl's)

Pronoun:

1. takes the place of a noun

2. types - 

     a) personal (1st person: pronouns having to do with "me"; 2nd person: pronouns having to do with "you"; 3rd person: pronouns having to do with everyone else)

           1. singular nominative: I, you, he, she, it

           2. plural nominative: we, you, they

           3. singular objective: me, you, him, her, it

           4. plural objective: us, you, them

           5. singular possessive: my, your, his, her, its, mine, yours

           6. plural possessive: our, your, their, ours, yours, theirs

     b) reflexive (reflect back to "self")

           1. myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

           2. not words: hisself, ourself, theirselves

     c) relative (start dependent clauses)

           1. that, which, who, whom, whose

     d) interrogative (ask a question)

           1. Which? Whose? What? Whom? Who?

     e) demonstrative (demonstrate which one)

           1. this, that, these, those

     f) indefinite (don't refer to a definite person or thing)

           1. each, either, neither, few, some, all, most, several, few, many, none, one, someone, no one, everyone, anyone, somebody, nobody, everybody, anybody, more, much, another, both, any, other, etc.
























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