By Pronouns

Re: MM's 10-letter word

.Some of them/it are bigger than a bread box. I have a confusion of pronouns because my noun is uncountable.Yes, one little word, seven different little letters... The last four are concrete-- and of course uncountable.

Re: Adjective

The word laugh is either a noun or a verb, never an adjective or adverb. If it follows a possessive pronoun (which could be substituted with the definite article) it must be a noun. Words with the "ly" suffix are adverbial.

Re: This your post

Hi LiJThis/that/these/those + a possessive pronoun or a possessive adjective, as some people call them, is wrong. Instead, say:This post of yours is interesting. That post of yours was interesting. These posts of yours are interesting. Those posts of yours were interesting.CheersCB

Re: he is gone. What tense is being used? Is that simple present tense?

 I think it's a big mistake because the verb after the auxiliary is in the past participle, it means that the auxiliary should be 'has'  (the verb 'to have' in the present) instead of 'is' (the verb 'to be'  in the present. its a common mistake and it's a...

Re: reference

The referent of certain pronouns need not occur literally. Pronouns like this, that, and it frequently refer back to general ideas and situations presented earlier in the context.-- Her husband died suddenly of a heart attack. -- That's a shame.-- If we eat the last piece of cake now, we...

Re: GRAMMAR IN RHYME

A Grammar Rhyme by David B. Tower and Benjamin F. Tweed A noun's the name of anything; As, school or garden, hoop or swing. Adjectives tell the kind of noun; As, great, small, pretty, white, or brown. Three of these words we often see, Called articles - a, an, and the. Instead...

Re: relative pronoun for both human and animal

Thank you Takoyaki-English

Re: relative pronoun for both human and animal

New2grammar, 1) The man and the dog that were hit by a car were slightly injured.2) The man and the dog hit by a car were slightly injured. The first makes it clear that a car hit not merely the dog but the man, but the second doesn't.

Re: that that

I don't know, I think the first "that" rhymes with "but", and the second with "bat". The first is a kind of relative pronoun... The bat that hit you just like that. Don't those two sound different?

Re: relative pronoun for both human and animal

Sorry to interrupt. Takoyaki, I have a slightly different question. Can I say, The man and the dog hit by a car were slightly injured.