The verb in a sentence expresses action or being. There is a main verb and sometimes one or more helping verbs. See the TIP Sheet on 'Pronouns' for further information. A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.Ī pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. A pronoun is usually substituted for a specific noun, which is called its antecedent. In the sentence above, the antecedent for the pronoun she is the girl. Pronouns are further defined by type: personal pronouns refer to specific persons or things possessive pronouns indicate ownership reflexive pronouns are used to emphasize another noun or pronoun relative pronouns introduce a subordinate clause and demonstrative pronouns identify, point to, or refer to nouns.

See the TIP Sheet on 'Nouns' for further information.

The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly disappeared. Man. Butte College. house. happinessĪ noun is a word for a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns are often used with an article ( the, a, an), but not always. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter common nouns do not. Nouns can be singular or plural, concrete or abstract. Nouns show possession by adding 's. Nouns can function in different roles within a sentence for example, a noun can be a subject, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, or object of a preposition. A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence. An individual word can function as more than one part of speech when used in different circumstances. Understanding parts of speech is essential for determining the correct definition of a word when using the dictionary.

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