English Grammar

Compound Personal Pronoun

Definition Compound personal pronoun can be defined as “Compound personal pronouns may be used as reflexive pronouns or as intensive pronouns. Reflexive pronouns reflect an action back onto the subject of a verb or of an infinitive—or onto a possessive noun or pronoun—in the same sentence.” Explanation Compound personal pronoun is a pronoun which is …

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Possessive Pronoun

Definition Possessive pronoun can be defined as “A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that can take the place of a noun phrase to show ownership”. Explanation Possessive pronoun is a pronoun which shows ownership to someone or something in the sentence. Possessive pronouns can substitute a noun phrase in order to prevent the repetition of …

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Personal Pronoun

Definition of Personal Pronoun Personal pronoun can be defined as “A personal pronoun is a pronoun that is associated primarily with a particular person, in the grammatical sense. When discussing “person” in terms of the grammatical, the following rules apply: First person, as in “I” Second person, as in “you” Third person, as in “It, …

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Adjective

Definition Adjective can be defined as “Adjective is a word naming an attribute of a noun or pronoun, such as sweet, red, or technical.” Explanation Adjectives are words which modify, identify or quantify nouns or pronouns. It is a parts of speech and provides more information about noun or pronoun in order to make a …

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Possessive Adjective

Definition We can define it as, “Possessive adjectives refer to words which modify a noun by showing a form of possession or a sense of belonging to a particular person or thing”. Explanation Possessive adjectives are used in sentence to show the possession/ownership or are used to express a close relationship with someone or something …

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Non-coordinate Adjective

Definition We can define it as, “Non-coordinate adjectives are adjectives used to modify the same noun but do not need to be separated through comma”. Explanation Non-coordinate adjectives should not be separated through comma as they are not equal. One adjective takes precedence over the other non-coordinate adjective. For example: She drives a blue metal …

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Coordinate Adjective

Definition Coordinate adjective can be defined as “Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that appear in sequence with one another to modify the same noun”. Explanation Coordinate adjectives are also called as paired adjectives in which two or more adjectives precede and describe the same noun however separately modify the noun. All the used adjectives are equal …

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Interrogative Adjective

Definition We can define interrogative adjective as “Interrogative Adjectives are adjectives which modify a noun (like all adjectives do) and also ask a question.” Explanation The interrogative adjectives are used to modify the noun and ask questions too. They are used with nouns to ask questions such as what, whose, where, why, how and which. …

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Demonstrative Adjective

Definition “Demonstrative adjectives are adjectives that are used to modify a noun so that we know which specific person, place, or thing is mentioned.” Explanation Demonstrative adjectives are used to modify the noun to give information about specific person, place, or thing mentioned in the sentence. Such adjectives have special and simple function used to …

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Adjective of Number

Definition “Adjectives of number are the adjectives that are used to depict either the number of nouns or their position or place in a certain order.” OR, “Adjective which states the number of persons or things is called the Adjective of Number or Numeral Adjective.” OR, “Adjective showing the number of nouns or pronouns is …

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