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8 TYPES OF NOUNS
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Subject
D.O.--Indirect Object--Subjective Complement--Objective Complement--Object of Preposition--Appositive--Direct Address |
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APPOSITIVE
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2nd noun that follows closely after 1st noun. It renames or further identifies 1st noun.
-Mr. Dunn, the new dean, has impressive credentials. |
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INDIRECT OBJECT
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noun/pronoun that follows certain action verbs. It tells to whom, or what, for whom, for what, that action of the verb is done.
-Party workers did the mayor a favor. (did for whom?) |
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DIRECT ADDRESS
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a noun or pronoun that names the person being spoken to.
-Carlo, the manager wants to see you. |
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DIRECT OBJECT
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a noun/pronoun that completes the meaning of some action verbs. It answers whom, or what after the verb. It tells who or what is the receiver of the verb's action.
-Around the world environmentalists praised their brilliant work. (praised what?) |
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SUBJECT
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names the person or thing that sentence is talking about. It tells who or what is doing or being something.
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OBJECT OF PREPOSITION
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a noun/pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase and answers the question whom or what after the preposition.
Ms. Roy met with her publisher. (with whom?) |
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OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT
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noun that follows a direct object and renames or explains it.
-The trustees names Dr. Dunn dean of students. |
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SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT
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a noun/pronoun that follows a linking verb. It renames or explains the subject.
-Dr. Dunn is the new dean of students. |
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TYPES OF LINKING VERBS
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To Be
Senses |
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PREPOSITION
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a connecting word such as in, on, of, for, or into showing how the noun the follows it is related to another part of the sentence.
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PRONOUNS
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Personal, Interrogative, Relative, Demonstrative, Indefinite, Reflexive, Intensive,
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PERSONAL PRONOUNS
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designate one or more particular persons or things.
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1ST PERSON PRONOUNS
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Singular; I, my, mine, me
Plural; we, our, ours, us |
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2ND PERSON PRONOUNS
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Singular; you, your, yours
Plural; you, your, yours |
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3RD PERSON PRONOUNS
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Singular; he, his, him, she, her, hers, it, its
Plural; they, their, theirs, them |
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INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
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who, whose, whom, which, what. They ask questions.
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RELATIVE PRONOUNS
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same as interrogative plus that and the ever forms--whoever, whomever, whichever, whatever. They introduce certain kinds of dependent clauses.
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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
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are this and that--plural these and those.
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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
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refer to no particular person or thing.
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SINGULAR INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
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another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something
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PLURAL INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
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both, few, many, others, several
Singular or Plural-all, any, more, most, none, some, such. |
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REFLEXIVE PRONOUN
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used as objects or subjective complements:
The computer will reboot itself after a shutdown. |
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INTENSIVE PRONOUN
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used as appositives for emphasis:
I myself am to blame. |
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REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS
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myself, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves.
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