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Pronouns: what they are and what they do

Pronouns: a substitute for nouns In life, we often find it handy to use substitutes. In sport, the use of substitute players is not just a useful back-up but often a strategic move. Pronouns are the substitute players of the language world, and they substitute for nouns. They are not a subcategory of nouns; they

Verbs as Nouns: participles and gerunds—grammatical chameleons

By Susan14 January 2019Parts of Speech – Nouns, Parts of Speech – VerbsApostrophes, Commas, Gerunds, Nouns, Participles, Possession, Possessive pronouns, Pronouns, Verbs

Verbs as nouns Some words are like amphibious vehicles that can be both a boat and a truck: the same basic word form is equally at home behaving in very different ways One of the confusing aspects of English is that the same word can act as different parts of speech, or change the function

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Pronouns: what they are and what they do

Verbs as Nouns: participles and gerunds—grammatical chameleons