life wolf rcise. Write the plural of each noun in this list : =y Since human beings and other animals are either or female, we have many pairs of words to indicate as, man and woman, boy and girl, bull and cow. be Learned: Nouns that indicate the male sex are o be of the masculine gender; as, bondman. ins that indicate the female sex are said to be of ninine gender; as, bondwoman. ins that are names of things without sex are said to the neuter gender; as, flag, eye, rope. ins that may indicate a person or animal of either ale or the female sex are said to be of the common '; as, parent, child, mouse, serpent. Gender is denoted in several ways: By inflection, that is, by the use of a suffix; as, ostess. By the use of a prefix; as, he-goat, she-goat. By the use of different words; as, lord, lady. rcise. What is the gender of each noun in the ing list? Where it is possible, supply the word What re What is the verb? What does it assert? ceived the action? What then is the use of the word mother's ring? What is the base word of this group What is the word mother's in the group for? What wor does mother's go with? Can we call mother's an adjec tive? Why not? What part of speech is the word mother What difference in form is there between mother an mother's? Such a noun as mother's, denoting ownership, is called possessive noun. It modifies the noun it goes with. 68. To give a singular noun the possessive form, w add the apostrophe and 8; as, Fred, Fred's; fly, fly's hero, hero's; wife, wife's. 69. To give a plural noun the possessive form we ad s? What is the possessive noun in each of these sen r yard is large, but Everett's is larger. ther goes to Trinity Church, and mother goes to St. Mary's. u can buy your algebra at Eastman's. e best hospital is St. Luke's. there any noun for these possessives to modify? is it omitted? We say that it is "understood." How many stores are meant by each of the followentences? We passed Miller and Zentner's. We passed Miller's and Zentner's. en joint ownership is meant, the sign of possession led to the last of several nouns. When separate rship is meant, the sign of possession is added to of several nouns. If the name of the owner is a long term, we are to use it as the object of the preposition of. Inof saying, William the Conqueror's son, we say, the William the Conqueror. What would you say inof Houghton Mifflin Company's publications? the bird adise's feathers? ould you say the house's roof? the hat's brim? the 8 taste? Why not? ercise. Write the possessive singular, and possesplural if there is one, of each of the following nouns: Exercise. Rewrite each of these sentences, the fir eight so that they will contain possessive modifiers, an the last nine so that possession will be denoted by mean of the preposition of: 1. The color in the face of Rebecca rose as she boasted t ancient glories of her race. 2. The treaty proposed by Jay was the most formidable questi with which Hamilton was called upon to deal. 3. Through the deep gulf of the wide chimney the roaring ti of the Yuletide wallows. 4. Basil was the friend of Benedict. 5. Woman is the natural ally of woman. 6. The muscles of Mowgli trained by years of experience bo him up as though he were a feather. 7. Vainly the eye of the fowler might mark the distant flight thee to do thee wrong. 8. The winds were high when the old man sallied forth to comb with the elements, less sharp than the unkindness of his daughters. 9. The emigrant's track across the western desert is marked b camp fires long consumed and bones that bleach in the sunshine. 10. All the while a conviction was taking hold in Emmy Lou's min 11. The crowd's wild fury sank into silence. 12. We behold those intrepid men penetrating into Hudson Bay deepest frozen recesses. 13. That was the ship's mystery. 14. The census reports' maps show an uneven advance of the fro tier with tongues of settlement pushed forward here and there. 15. My daughter greatly regretted her poor brother's melanchol situation. 16. But at last Mrs. Osgood's house linen was reached and Sila was paid in gold. 17. But now, little Aaron, having become used to the weaver XXV. CASE What is the grammatical use of the italicized s in these sentences? A noble lady welcomed the soldiers at the door. The soldiers saluted the noble lady. They found rest and food at that noble lady's home. ese are the three most important uses of the noun in We say that there are three cases of nouns. aces. be Learned: When a noun is subject of a verb, it is o be in the nominative case. nen a noun is direct object of a verb, it is said to be objective case. nen a noun denotes ownership and modifies another it is said to be in the possessive case. Besides the three uses of nouns just given, you learned that a noun may be the subjective compleof a verb and the object of a preposition. noun used as subjective complement is in the nomi e case. noun used as object of a preposition is in the objec ase. What difference do you find in the form of the lady in the three cases? ercise. - Tell the use and case of each noun : Thor accepted the giant's offer. They were ready for another day's march. Skrymner was a kindly giant, and carried Thor's bag of meal. He put it into his wallet, which he slung across his shoulders. I will not leave the home of gladness and Father Odin's table |
