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.
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:
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night spring time swallow chest taste hear |
noctumal/nightly vernal temporal pratincole thoracic gustatory aural |
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