Re: Can "my" be called a pronoun ?

alpheccastars — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:41:52 GMT

Folks: Let's take a look at it from this view. George - this is a person's name, a proper noun. George is happy. - George in nominative case. He gave George a book. - George is in dative case (indirect object ) This is George's book. - George is in possessive case. This book is George's. - George is in possessive case. George does not change - it is still a noun, no matter what grammatical case it is in. I - a pronoun. I am happy. - nominative case. He gave me a book. dative case (indirect object ) This is my book. possessive case. This book is mine. possessive case. Just because the form of the pronoun changes with case, does not mean that it has changed from being what it is - a pronoun

Re: Nominative and objective case

alpheccastars — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:13:25 GMT

We certainly don't want you to flunk! First, you have to know what a noun is and what a pronoun is. A noun is a person, place or thing, like a house, a dog, a pen, a computer, or the Internet. A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun. "I" substitutes for AlpheccaStars. "You" substitutes for "Anonymous" Other pronouns are: he, she, it, they, someone, anybody.... Now when we use a noun in a sentence, it has a place. And the place we put it determines its case. Nominative case is also called subject case (before the verb or after certain verbs where the subject noun is the same person or thing as the noun after the verb. I am AlpheccaStars. He is superman.). Possessive case is when one noun owns...

Re: Help please! Subordinate or main clause

califjim — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:50:10 GMT

Anaylsis of the large structure: Independent clause #1 : I can not tell you that, mate, Conjunction joining two independent clauses: but Independent clause #2: what I can tell you is that it was one day before my birthday ____________________ Anaylsis of Ind. Clause #2: Subject: what I can tell you Verb: (Linking verb) is Subject complement: (predicate nominative) that it was one day before my birthday _________ Analysis of the subject of Clause #2 The subject of Clause #2 is a noun phrase formed by the fused relative pronoun what and a relative clause, call it Clause #2A. Understood demonstrative component of what

Re: Use of Pronoun

alpheccastars — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:49:05 GMT

d_say: Certainly. 1) I calling his name. Juliet, from the balcony, called his name - Romeo, Romeo, where are you, Romeo? His is the possessive case of the pronoun "he", modifying "name". - His name is Romeo. My avatar is AlpheccaStars. Name is usually singular. People have only one name. But here is an example of plural: In Nigeria, people give their babies many birth names. Seven days after a baby boy is born, they have a baby naming ceremony. In the ceremony, the parents and the religious leaders call his names seven times for good luck. 2) calling him names. The boy was crying because the bullies at school were calling him names. They called him "four eyes" and "crip" and other bad things. ...

Re: Grammatical Cases and the English Language

anonymous — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:33:34 GMT

None of these names for cases applies much to Modern English; we have neither an accusative nor a dative case and many linguists might argue we do not even have a true genitive (just a "clitic s"). Nouns have an all-purpose "base case" and a possessive form. My dog is big/I see a dog . (base) My dog's bed is in the corner. (possessive) Some pronouns have a "subject case" (a true nominative) and an "object/instrumental case" which indicates the direct/indirect object or is required after prepositions. He likes that dog. (subject) The boy sees him . (object - direct object) The boy gives him the book. (object - indirect object) JJM The boy gives the book to him . (instrumental - indirect object).

Grammatical Cases and the English Language

crux_online — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:08:50 GMT

Good day, all! Read through....the question is at the end. English cases, though no longer taught as such, are still somewhat present and remnants of the cases in Old English. During the time between say, 1300 and the present, we lost most of the inflections that were present before 1300, but some of the words -- particularly the possessive pronouns -- retained their inflections. The four cases of Old English are: Nominative Genative Accusative Dative/Instrumental The Nominative case gets its name from the idea that it is the 'naming' case. It identifies the subject of the sentence by name. The Genative case gets its name by pointing out the 'genesis' of the noun. "Brother of mine", "Goblet of...

Re: whomever or whoever?

miriam — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:15:06 GMT

Hello again, MrP (IF I may I call you MrP). I think I understand now what you meant in the post I found confusing. You said: “...which implies that the subject of the <whosever/whose-ever> clause in the example is the same as the subject of the main clause. However, the subject of the <whomever> clause in the 'CJ' example is not the subject of the main clause; so there's no reason to take the subject of a <whosever> clause as the subject of the clause that follows. In other words, if we can take an extrapolation from <whomever CJ teaches> as the subject of a following clause, we can equally take an extrapolation from <whosever car this is/whosever idea this is> as the subject of a...

Re: Sentence analyze

hela — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:30:50 GMT

Hello everyone, I like to do sentence analyses, so if you could sometimes send us some exercises on the matter they will be very welcome. A/ Here is MY analysis: 1) She is so pretty a girl. a) parts of speech: she = nominative personal pronoun is = fintie verb so = adverb of intensity pretty = predicative adjective a = indefinite article girl = noun b) function: she = subject (NP) is = copular verb (VP) so pretty a girl = subject-complement (?) (NP?) 2) He is too bright a student to study with me. a) parts of speech: he = nominative personal pronoun is = finite verb too = adverb of intensity bright = predicative adjective a = indefinite article student = noun to study = non-finite verb with...

Re: WHERE WERE DIFFERANCE :?

aileen — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 18:02:50 GMT

I’m not a teacher, and oh my goodness, now I know why English teachers are worth their salt. I just can’t explain this in a simple way! I thought this question would be easy to answer but it’s not easy at all. Just because a word is commonly used and short doesn’t guarantee that it’s easy to explain. I’m so sorry that I couldn’t answer this in a short space! Please ask again if you need a teacher’s explanation. You’ll notice that I’ve pasted information from the dictionary. I did try to choose the simplest definitions. ANSWER Them is a pronoun. It is the objective case of they. 1. Used as the direct object of a verb: We saw them at the conference. 2. Used as the indirect object of a verb: We gave them a round of applause. 3. Used...

Re: Parts of a sentence I hope you appreciate our offering...

guest — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 15:45:52 GMT

I thought that offering was a gerund our was the possessive modifying that gerund position was the direct obect of appreciate the second you was an indirect object of appreciate. My new question is Is hope the main verb of the sentence with I being the subject and what about the first you I think this is a hard one.

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