When we refer to a verb in general terms, we usually cite its base form, as in “the verb travel“, “the verb sing“. We then add inflections to the base…
Verbs have traditionally been defined as “action” words or “doing” words. The verb in the following sentence is rides: Paul rides a bicycle. Here, the verb rides certainly denotes an…
Nouns are often preceded by the words the, a, or an. These words are called DETERMINERS. They indicate the kind of reference which the noun has. The determiner the is…
The gender of nouns plays an important role in the grammar of some languages. In French, for instance, a masculine noun can only take the masculine form of an adjective….
Numerals include all numbers, whether as words or as digits. They may be divided into two major types. CARDINAL numerals include words like: nought, zero, one, two, 3, fifty-six, 100,…
Pronouns are a major subclass of nouns. We call them a subclass of nouns because they can sometimes replace a noun in a sentence: Noun Pronoun John got a new…
Nouns are commonly thought of as “naming” words, and specifically as the names of “people, places, or things“. Nouns such as John, London, and computer certainly fit this description, but…