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| A noun names a person, place, or thing, or an idea (truth, Buddhism.) |
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| Difference between a noun and proper noun? |
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| A proper noun refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea. A common noun is more general. For example: Anne is a proper noun; woman is a common noun. |
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| A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. |
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| What is the antecedent in reference to nouns? |
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| The antecedent is the noun that is being replaced. Example: Steven lost his "address book" (noun)."It" (pronoun) held many important numbers. |
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| What is a subject pronoun? |
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| A subject pronoun replaces the subject of a sentence. Example: "Steven" (subject) called home. "He" (subject pronoun) was very worried. |
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| What is an object pronoun? |
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| An object pronoun replaces the object of a verb or of a preposition. Example: Steven's wife called him. She asked "him" (object of a verb) what the problem was. |
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| What is a possessive pronoun? |
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| A possessive pronoun replaces a possessive noun. Example: Steven needed "Kelley's" (possessive noun.) He called 411 to get "her" (possessive pronoun) number. |
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