 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1846 - 272 pages
...object, as here used, embraces every species of existence, whether material or Immaterial. Paoirouifs. A pronoun is a word which takes the place of a noun. APPENDIX. Nouns. Nouns are divided into two classes, — proper and common A proper noun is the name... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1848 - 270 pages
...object, as here used, embraces every species of existence, whether material or immaterial. PRONOUNS. A pronoun is a word which takes the place of a noun. APPENDIX. NOUNS. Nouns are divided into Iwo classes, — proper and common A proper noun is the name... | |
 | George Gerard (professor of French.) - French language - 1848 - 408 pages
...as their captain ? Are not that old soldier and his sister very moral ? CHAPTER IV. OF THE PRONOUN, A PRONOUN is a word which takes the place of a noun. There are several kinds of pronouns, viz. : the PERSONAL, RELATIVE, POSSESSIVE, ABSOLUTE, DEMONSTRATIVE... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1856 - 200 pages
...adjective.is a word used to limit or qualify the meaning of a noun or pronoun ; as, wise, sweet, this. A. pronoun is a word which takes the place of a noun ; as, I, he, who. A verb is a word which expresses being, action, or state; as, be, run, sleep, is... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1858 - 266 pages
...which are united to nouns answering such questions as What t What kind t How many! are adjectives. A pronoun is a word which takes the place of a noun ; as, I, he, you, who. This part of speech (derived from the Latin pro and nomen, for a name) embraces... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1860 - 276 pages
...mountain airs, The hymns that Luther sung ! — Whittier. PRONOUNS. 68. Definitions and Distinctions. A pronoun is a word which takes the place of a noun ; as, " The farmer ploughs his field ; he reaps his wheat, and gathers it into his barn." 1. The mere... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1868 - 202 pages
...stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed. Parse " faithful,", as in the model. LESSON XXXIX. PRONOUNS. A pronoun is a word which takes the place of a noun ; as, " The farmer ploughs his field ; he reaps his wheat, and gathers it into his barn." Pronouns... | |
 | Frederick Meyrick - English language - 1873 - 178 pages
...can you hear a good man groan, And not relent or not compassionate him ? § II.— PRONOUNS. i. The Pronoun is a word which takes the place of a Noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the latter. Ex. The boy attends to his lesson ; he will soon learn it. He... | |
 | Henry Weston Eve - 1880 - 136 pages
...Charles Cinq. Also Sixte Quint, a Pope. Vill. — Pronouns and Pronominal Adjectives, 65. CLASSIFICATION. A Pronoun is a word which takes the place of a noun,...every. They are divided into the following classes:— 1 . Personal and Reflexive. Conjunctive, as je, te, se. Disjunctive, as moi, eux. 2. Possessive j Adjectives,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English language - 1902 - 366 pages
...hurtleth with his hors adoun. 2616 translate : One dashes down another. The view, whence the name, that a pronoun is a word which takes the place of a noun is less useful than the view that it is a word of wide applicability which accordingly names what may... | |
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