Lecture Notes on Parts of Speech | ENGL 2710, Study notes of English Language

Download Lecture Notes on Parts of Speech | ENGL 2710 and more Study notes English Language in PDF only on Docsity! Parts of Speech  Nouns- words that name a person, place, thing or idea (democracy) o Proper Noun vs. Common Noun-  Proper nouns name a specific person, place, thing or idea- (ex-Britney Spears, Paris, Nike). They begin with a capitol letter.  Common nouns name non-specific people, places, things or ideas- they’re your generic nouns. (woman, city, dog, shoe).  So Common would be building and Proper would be Empire State Building.  Pronouns- words that take the place of a noun (he, she, it, they, someone, who). Pronouns can do all the things nouns can do- they can be subjects, DO, IO, object of prepositions, and more. o Personal Pronouns- I, me, we, us, you, she, her, he, him, it, they, them. o Relative Pronouns- “This is a cookie that I want to eat.- that refers to the noun cookie. o Demonstrative Pronouns- this, that, these, those. These are used to point out particular people or things.  Sometimes they are used before nouns- in that cause they would be Adjectives NOT pronouns.  “Bring me that book”- Adjective  “Bring me that”- Pronoun o Indefinite Pronouns- in- means not. Like we don’t know whom or what theses Pronouns are referring to. (anyone, something, all, most, some)  “Someone yelled my name”. (Who? We don’t know)  “Everyone looked at me.” (Who exactly? We don’t know)  When they are used before nouns, they are ADJs not Pronouns.  “Both people smiled at me”- Adjective  “Both smiled at me”- Pronoun 