Pronoun and Adjective basic

Pronoun and adjective basic-

Pronoun
This stands for a noun.
It is a proxy for a noun
and helps in avoiding
repetition of words.

Example

Rama said that Rama
and Rama’s brother
were in the village.
Rama said that he and
his brother were in the
village.
There is a possibility of
ambiguity and where it
is likely to be ambiguous
repeat the noun itself.

Example

Rama said to Gopal that
he must see a doctor.
Here ‘he in the sentence
is ambiguous.
Rama said to Gopal that
Gopal must see a doctor.
Rama said to Gopal,
“I must see a doctor.
Rama said to Gopal,
“You must see a doctor.”

Case of Pronouns

Pronouns undergo change
when they are used in the
accusative. Nominative’ is
‘subject’ and ‘accusative’ is
object

[Note: The only other case where
we have change in case forms is in
the possessive where the apostrophe
and s, the possessive form like yours,
his, hers, its, mine and theirs are used.]

Reflexive Pronouns

Pronouns ending in self are called
reflexive pronouns.
Singular: myself,yourself, himself,
herself, itself
Plural: ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Such pronouns are used for emphasis.

Example

1. He did it himself.
2. I don’t know it myself.

Relative Pronouns

Who, whose, whom, which
and that are called relative
pronouns. They have certain
syntactic characteristics
which shall be discussed in
the chapter on common errors.

Pronoun and Adjective basic

Adjectives

An adjective adds to the meaning
of a noun. Adjectives may refer to
quality, quantity, number, and so on.

Example

A good boy (quality)
Sufficient rice (quantity)
Five boys attended the meeting
(number)
There are attributive and
substantive adjectives
Stone bench (substantive)
Stony silence (attributive)
There are demonstrative
pronouns.
that book, this pen

While certain nouns are
adjectives in usage, there
are certain nouns that have
distinctive adjectival
forms. They are:

Day	Diurnal/daily
night twilight spring winter week year time sun moon star earth sky sea hare horse cat dog cow/oxl lizard fox lion wolf pig parrot swallow eagle goat eye mouth ear skin nose lip teeth chest sight touch heart lung hand finger foot throat head smell    taste hear	noctumal/nightly crepuscular  vernal  hibernal  hebdomadal  annual  temporal  solar  lunar  stellar terrestrial celestial marine leporine  equine  feline canine  bovine  saurine  vulpine  leonine  ursine porcine psittacin pratincole  aquiline caprine  ocular  oral auricular  dermal nasal  labial  dental thoracic  Visual  tactile  cardiac  pulmonary  manual digital pedal  guttural  cephalic  olfactory  gustatory aural

Pronoun and adjective basic