Nouns And Pronouns

Nouns and Pronouns

When we talk about nouns we mean the names of things, qualities, people, animals, actions, places and ideas. Nouns are common single words, but there are certain exceptions because nouns are divided in common and proper nouns. Common nouns refer to daily and normal things; for example: car, apple, eye, etc.                                                             While proper nouns refer to specific, special, or unique places, things, animals, etc. Proper nouns begin with capital letter; for example: New York City, Sony, Kevin, etc. We have to know that the name of a person is a proper noun, therefore it will begin with capital letter. The words that name weeks, months and holidays also begin with capital letter.    

Some examples of sentences that contain nouns (common or proper) are:

• Her cry could be heard above the crowd.
• There is great danger in those woods.
• Pedro is playing soccer.

Nouns also involve the noun or nominal phrases. These phrases have a noun as their central (head) word, or acts as a phrase in a grammatical functional context. As their name indicates they are the most common type of phrases. Noun phrases can be identified by the possibility of pronoun substitution, and it is necessary to look for the subject noun phrase.

Pronouns are defined as words or phrases that can be substituted for a noun or a noun phrase, and when it is replace, it is known as the pronoun’s antecedent.              

The most common pronouns are he, she it, we, you and they, but there are some more. These pronouns follow some rules which are:

• Subject pronouns may be used to begin sentences. 
• Subject pronouns may also be used to rename the subject. 
• Indefinite pronouns don’t have antecedents. They are capable of standing on their own. 
• Object pronouns are used as direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions. These include: you, me, him, her, us, them, and it. 
• Possessive pronouns show ownership. They do not need apostrophes. 

Some examples of sentences that contain pronouns are:

• We are going to eat a pizza.
• She did a great job at the concert.
• It was the best moment I had in my life.