Parts of Speech in English Grammar

Every time you write or speak, you use nouns, verbs, propositions, conjunctions, and other parts of the English language. Knowing how to use these parts of speech can help you speak more eloquently, write more clearly, and feel more confident when communicating with others.

Noun: names a person, place, thing, idea (Lulu, jail, cantaloupe, loyalty, and so on) Pronoun: takes the place of a noun (he, who, I, what, and so on) Verb: expresses action or being (scrambled, was, should win, and so on) Adjective: describes a noun or pronoun (messy, strange, alien, and so on) Adverb: describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb (willingly, woefully, very, and so on) Preposition: relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence (by, for, from, and so on) Conjunction: ties two words or groups of words together (and, after, although, and so on) Interjection: expresses strong emotion (yikes! wow! ouch! and so on)

Pronoun Tips for Proper English Grammar

The Beatles sang of I, Me, Mine, but understanding pronouns takes a little practice. Pronouns can be objective or subjective, and can show possession. You, me, him, her, them, us . . . everyone can speak and write more clearly by understanding pronouns.

Pronouns that may be used only as subjects or subject complements: I, he, she, we, they, who, whoever. Pronouns that may be used only as objects or objective complements: me, him, her, us, them, whom, whomever. Common pronouns that may be used as either subjects or objects: you, it, everyone, anyone, no one, someone, mine, ours, yours, theirs, either, neither, each, everybody, anybody, nobody, somebody, everything, anything, nothing, something, any, none, some, which, what, that. Pronouns that show possession: my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs, whose.

USING THEIR
1. When 'their' is used as a adjective it becomes an object to its subject noun. From this rule many misunderstood/confused this term adjective, because the adjective is the object to the subject noun when using 'their'. By thinking when 'their' becomes an adjective (object to the subject noun)many people have misinterpreted the subject noun can be an object when using 'their' as an adjective, from confusing these terms of an object when referring to 'their' as an adjective.

Research/References: http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=ESL1402 (2.4.11) , The New International Webster's Pocket Grammar & Speech & Style Dictionary of The English Language (c)1998, and The BRIEF ENGLISH HANDBOOK third edition by Edward A Dornan and Charles W.Dawe (c)1990 2. Another reason why people confuse 'their' when using it as an adjective is because they misread statement as, "Adjectives and adverbs in English do not change their forms to indicate person, number, or case. However, they do change their forms to indicate degrees of comparison", (P.111-112, The New International Webster's Pocket Grammar & Speech & Style Dictionary of The English Language). Meaning, adjectives, such as 'their', always stay as an object to the subject noun in the sentence it is in. 3. The word 'it' can replace adjectives, like 'their', but 'their' cannot be used as 'it' because when using the word 'it' usually refers to an object/thing and not an essential being. However, if 'it' does refer to an essential being then their maybe use, but when that happen you already replaced 'their' with 'it' so you just basically switching it back. To prove in how to use the word 'it' here is the definition of the word: Dontale wrote; (A)"Improper installation of the shingles probably rendered [them] more susceptible to wind forces." WRONG (A)"Improper installation of the shingles probably rendered [it] more susceptible to the wind forces." CORRECT (B)"The shingles were probably rendered more susceptible to wind forces by [their] installation practices." WRONG (B)"The shingles were probably rendered more susceptible to wind forces by [its] installation practices." CORRECT (C)"Given [their] overall condition and the nature of [their] installation, the shingles were probably rendered more susceptible to wind forces." WRONG (C)"Given [its] overall condition and the nature of [its] installation, the shingles were probably rendered more susceptible to the wind forces." CORRECT ********************************************************* {A] Shingles are plural, therefore we use them, not 'it'. [B] Shingles are plural therefore we use their, not 'its'. [C]Shingles are plural therefore we use their, not 'its'.