Work 3 activity 1

Observe scene, white 5 or 6 sentences that descibe the scene bolding the subject. Experiment using the diffeernt types of pronowns.

Lets talk about pronowns

Pronowns replace nowns. We are told there are, personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, and indefinite pronouns.

Personal pronouns

A closed set, as the set includes it, the set is not about people. The closed set is, I, you, we, she, he and it.

Demostrative pronowns

A closed ste contoaning, this, that, these and those.

Possessive pronowns

A closed category contaoning, My/Mine, Your/Yours, Her/Hers, His, Its, Our/Ours and Their/Theirs.

Interrogative pronowns

A closed set conbtaoning, who, what, which and whose.

Indefinite pronowns

A closed set, like that helps. The closed set is, another, anyone, each, everyone, everything, much, nobody, nothing, someone, anybody, anything ,either ,little no-one, somebody, something, both, few, many, others, several, all, any, more, most, none and some.

Verbs

Verbs show what the subject of a sentence does, consider five verbs in view.

Type

Typing { transitive verb}is what I {pronoun} am doing on the computer {noun} now.  Dictionary says it is a transitive verb. A transitive verb takes two objects, in the above sentence the two objects are I and computer.

Drinking

I {pronoun} am {verb} drinking {transitive verb} a cup {noun} of coffee {noun}. Is that right or is coffee an adjective. What about: I {pronoun} put {transitive verb} the (adjective} coffee {adjective} cup {noun} on {adverb} the {adjective} shelf {noun}.

Dictionary says coffee is a noun. I am confused. I consider confused in the sentence below and become more confused. And what about am being a verb, not much action there, but it does show what the sentence does.

Moved

I {pronoun} moved {verb} the mouse {noun} and the cursor {noun} moved {verb} also {adverb}.

Confused

I {pronoun} am {transitive verb} confused {adjective?}.

If confused is an adjective, where is the noun?

Look up am in the dictionary and you are referred to be, where you are informed am is present indirect and that be is a verb. You also find out why dictionaries are unusable. They talk about objects, not nouns, when talking about transitive verbs. So can an adjective be an object? Buggered if I know.

I {pronoun} am {transitive verb} a {} confused {adjective} human{noun}.

I could have been a confused person, but that is no fun, I prefer to be a living creature.

Confused

 Being {noun} tired {verb}, I {pronoun} confused {verb} the {adjective} mouse {noun} with the {adjective}coffee {adjective} cup {noun}.

Ran

 Being {noun} completely {adverb} confused {verb}, he {pronoun} just {adverb} ran {verb} away {?}.

Had to go for an easy one, "ran" is definitely a verb. As to what away is?

Adverbs

Modify and describe verbs, adjective, and other adverbs. Consider 5 adverbs.

Very

As in very tired, very confused,

Quickly 

As in ran quickly.

Completely

As in completely confused.

Nowns

 

Persons, places, things, living creatures, Ideas and concepts. 

Why are living creatures not a thing, while dead creatures are not a thing? 

Nowns in the house: 

Book Cup Phone Computer Printer Mouse Chair Cat (it is not a thing cat, so it is _ _ _ _ _).

Adjectives

Adjectives modify a nown or pronown. There are three types of adjectives, descriptive, proper and predicate.

Descriptive: Green, blue, larger 

Proper:  A proper nown pretending to be an Adjective; French pastery. 

Predicate: Comes after tha nown and is joined using a verb: Stale bread (Stale is the desciptive adjective) can be written The bread is stale (Stale is the predicate adjective). 

You do get the feeling they are making all this stuff up.

 

Adjectives in the home. 

Thick book  Dictionary gives thick the status of a nown, adjective and adverb. 

Coffee cup  Meets the rules; dictionary says it's a nown, but it describes the cup. 

Mobile Phone Mobile is a concept, here it descibes the phone. Dictionary says it is a adjective when used as a concept; nown when descibing stuff blowing in the wind; so when is concept not a nown. There is more to this concept stuff and I would love to be able to pin it down. 

Stupid Computer Stupid the dictionary says can be a Nown and a adjective.

Lounge Chair 

Alive Cat  Just threw this in to make it clear we are talking about a living creature nown, not a thing nown.