1. Grammar Notes Unit 4 Week 6

2. Please take out your notes for your studies in Grammar … Grammar Notes Week 6

3. Parts of Speech Nouns Verbs Verbals REVIEW

4. Personal Pronouns Antecedent Personal pronouns stand in for nouns. They’re like stuntmen. When nouns feel overworked, they call for pronouns—words like he, it, she, we they, and so on. The noun to which the pronoun refers is called the antecedent. Pronouns !!!

5. Squiggly was late. He forgot to set the alarm. The tree fell because it had been attacked by bugs. Grammar girl is happy because she remembered to bring an eraser.

6. Pronouns are VITAL~~~~~~~~~ Pronouns are vital. Try not using one for an hour, and you’ll see. I use them constantly as you can tell by these sentences. Because pronouns come in different shapes and are used for different reasons some official grammar language is necessary. Ready????? -----” We will speak on this further” (Macbeth I.6)

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8. Please take out your notes for your studies in Grammar … Grammar Notes Week 6

9. Parts of Speech Nouns Verbs Verbals Pronouns Pronouns stand in for nouns, their antecedents. REVIEW

10. Pronouns are VITAL~~~~~~~~~ Pronouns are vital. Try not using one for an hour, and you’ll see. I use them constantly as you can tell by these sentences. Because pronouns come in different shapes and are used for different reasons some official grammar language is necessary. Ready?????

11. Pronouns are bunched together in three cases. (I do not know why the word “case” is used. Categories would work just as well, but officially they are called cases. Think of each case like a suitcase; it packs all the similar pronouns together. Pronouns and Their Cases

12. PERSONSUBJUNCTIVE CASE OBJECTIVE CASE POSSESSIVE CASE (weak/strong) 1 ST PERSONIMeMy/Mine 2 ND PERSONYou You/Yours 3 RD PERSON - female SheHerHer/Hers 3 RD PERSON - male HeHimHis/His 3 RD PERSON - neutral It Its/Its 1 ST PERSON (plural) WeUsOur/Ours 2 ND PERSON (plural) You Your/Yours 3 RD PERSON (plural) TheyThemTheir/Theirs INTERROGATIVEWhoWhomWhose

13. The doer of the action; the one who acts Subjunctive Case She ate fifty hot dogs. (She did the eating, so she’s taking the action.)

14. The receiver of the action; the one who sits back and lets it all happen to her (or him). Objective Case The judge gave her the prize. (Her received the prize and is the receiver of the action.)

15. Shows ownership Possessive Case Her dog threw up on my shoes. (Her indicates the dog belongs to a previously mentioned female.)

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20. PERSONSUBJUNCTIVE CASE OBJECTIVE CASE POSSESSIVE CASE (weak/strong) 1 ST PERSONIMeMy/Mine 2 ND PERSONYou You/Yours 3 RD PERSON - female SheHerHer/Hers 3 RD PERSON - male HeHimHis/His 3 RD PERSON - neutral It Its/Its 1 ST PERSON (plural) WeUsOur/Ours 2 ND PERSON (plural) You Your/Yours 3 RD PERSON (plural) TheyThemTheir/Theirs INTERROGATIVEWhoWhomWhose

25. NOTE: Author’s write novels in first person or in third – they RARELY use second ;).

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28. I … is always and only a subject pronoun. you … can stand in for a subject or an object!!! me … is always and only a object pronoun.

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