Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition
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ISBN13: 9780217532600
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LESSON XIV PRONOUNS 36. In the following sentences which words refer to birds without naming them ? What word refers to thread without naming it ? Some birds sew leaves together for their nest. They use thread which they themselves make from cotton. They use their bills for needles. The words they and their are used in place of the noun birds, and save the necessity of repeating that word over and over. In like manner, the word which is used in place of the noun thread. Such words are called pronouns. The word pronoun means instead of a noun. 37. Definition. ?A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun; as, Mercury carried messages for his father. 38. The usefulness of pronouns is best seen when we try to do without them. If we had no pronouns, we could not avoid awkward repetitions like these: ? John thought John had lost John's money. By using pronouns, we improve the sentence, thus: ? John thought he had lost his money. 39. The most important pronouns are: /, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them, my, your, his, our, their, who, whose, whom, which, what, that. EXERCISE 18 Use pronouns in place of nouns wherever you can: ? 1. Boone lived alone until Boone's brother returned. 2. Seals are killed when seals are about four years old.3. The sea otter resembles the beaver in size and shape, but the sea otter's head is rounder. 4. The hunter soon saw the hunter's mistake. 5. Franklin and Franklin's playmates used to fish for minnows in a mill pond. 6. When George Washington was eleven years old, George Washington's father died; but George Washington's mother took great pains to bring George Washington up with manly ideas. 7. I have not seen John and Charles since I met John and Charles at your house. EXERCISE 19 Fill the blanks with ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217532600 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217532608 |
| Weight | 1.62 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.13 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 506 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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