Transcript Concord of Nouns, Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives

A Remedial English Grammar
CHAPTERS
ARTICLES
AGREEMENT OF VERB AND SUBJECT
CONCORD OF NOUNS, PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVES
CONFUSION OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
DIFFICULTIES WITH COMPARATIVE AND
SUPERLATIVES
CONFUSION OF PARTICIPLES: ACTIVE & PASSIVE
PREPOSITIONS
NEGATIVE VERBS
TENSES 1, 2 & 3
THE INFINITIVE
Concord of nouns, pronouns and possessive
adjectives (third person)
Rules of usage
1.
For singular noun forms, persons of the male sex
are referred to by he, him, his, himself and persons
of the female sex by she, her, hers, herself. Non
living things and most animals are referred to by it,
its, itself.
Concord of nouns, pronouns and possessive
adjectives (third person)
2.
As per the norms of the existing society, if the
noun could refer to persons of either sex such as
person, pupil, scholar, reader, pedestrian,etc, the
pronouns of the masculine are generally used. But
if the reference is clearly to a woman, then the
feminine form is used. The words baby, child are
usually referred to by it.
Concord of nouns, pronouns and possessive
adjectives (third person)
3.
If the number is plural, persons of either sex are
referred to by thy, them, their, theirs, themselves.
4.
An animal is usually referred to by the neuter it.
But if there is something in this context which
draws attention to the sex of the animal then
he/she can be used. Pet animals are usually
referred to by the pronoun appropriate to their sex
such as he/she.
Concord of nouns, pronouns and possessive
adjectives (third person)
5.
6.
Every and words beginning with every- are
singular and must therefore be referred to by the
singular pronouns.
Possessives derived from forms of his/her must
agree in gender with the words to which they
refer back and it does not depend on the gender of
the noun that follows it or that it qualifies.
Concord of nouns, pronouns and possessive
adjectives (third person)
Nominative Accusative
P.Adjective P.Pronoun
Reflexive
I
me
my
mine
myself
you
you
your
yours
yourself
he
him
his
his
himself
she
her
her
hers
herself
it
it
its
its
itself
one
one
one's
one's
oneself
we
us
our
ours
ourselves
you
you
your
yours
yourselves
they
them
their
theirs
themselves