Reciprocal Pronouns Reciprocal pronouns are one among the seven types of pronouns. Literally, reciprocal means two way actions and in grammatical sense reciprocal means expressing mutual action. Reciprocal pronouns only denote plural nouns because the action has to be shared. Sometimes, Reciprocal pronouns also take possessive forms i.e. adding of –s (one another’s, each other’s).
Demonstrative Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns are one among the seven types of pronouns. The word Demonstrative itself gives us an idea that it is related to showing or stating the position or situation of animals, objects or ideas. Demonstrative Pronouns are those words which specify nouns or pronouns, and can be either singular or plural. Demonstrative Pronouns in English are: This
Reflexive Pronouns are one of the seven types of pronouns. Pronouns having self/selves (suffix) to show how subjects action affects subjects themselves are known as Reflexive Pronouns. These pronouns always refer back to subject. These pronouns are known as object pronouns. We use these pronouns when the noun used in a sentence is both the subject and object. There are eight Reflexive Pronouns. They are as follows:
Words which can be used to replace nouns are known as pronouns. Pronouns help to avoid repetitiveness in a sentence and helps polish it. Unlike Chinese and Japanese language, English language has gender in pronouns. Example to show use of pronouns Read the given paragraphs to understand pronouns and their roles:
There are various cases where we should not use articles. To ensure grammatical correctness, we should pay attention to few important rules on where to avoid articles. Articles shouldn’t be used
According to Oxford Dictionary, Article is a part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun. It particularizes the grammatical definiteness of the noun. It is always followed by a noun/noun phrase. Article is categorized into two parts i.e. the Definite Article and Indefinite Article.
Proper nouns are one of the five types of nouns. From the phrase itself, we get to know that names which exclusively belong to oneself or itself are Proper nouns. Proper nouns are the actual names of particular persons, places, organizations, animals, objects or individual beings.
Common nouns are one of the five types of nouns. Common nouns are the names which are shared by more than one or all members of a particular kind. Common nouns can be considered to be the opposite of Proper nouns. Common nouns are general whereas Proper nouns are specific and actual names.
Collective nouns are one of the five types of nouns. Collective nouns are those nouns which represent group/multitude/assemblage.Collective nouns are considered countable if not individually then as a unit. Collective nouns can be replaced by singular pronouns in formal writing.
Abstract nouns Abstract nouns refer to those intangible nouns which our five senses cannot detect. Feeling, qualities, theories, relationships, ideas and experience are expressed by abstract nouns. Literally, abstract means something that exists only in idealized form. It only exists in mind.