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The pronoun ‘he’ is used for Singular Masculine nouns, ‘she’ is used for Singular Feminine nouns, and ‘it’ is used for Singular Neuter nouns. 3. The pronouns ‘they’ and ‘them’…

A numerical pronoun is a type of pronoun used to express numbers; singulars or plurals. A numerical pronoun includes cardinals and ordinals. Study the diagram below.        …

A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun used to indicate an action that is effective on the performer. All reflexive pronouns must agree with subjects of the sentences. A reflexive pronoun…

A possessive pronoun is defined as a pronoun used to express the possession or the ownership of a particular thing, place, or person. Examine the following examples: (i)         This pen…

A personal pronoun that refers to specific persons, things, or places includes I, we, you, he, she, it, they, me, him, her, us, them, etc. Look at the table below.…

Two of the classes of nouns that are difficult to explain clearly are agentive nouns and gerunds. The author has made every effort to make the topics explicit so that…

It has been observed that most of the students who sit for the senior secondary school examinations fail the English Language every year just because they could not write good…

Contrastive stress occurs when a special emphasis or prominence is given to a particular word or letter as either content (lexical) word or a function (grammatical) word. It is also…

In English sounds, syllables and stress are inseparable because the syllable stands as the basis for identifying stress in words. Stress cannot be understood without the knowledge of syllables. Defining…

In this article, we shall be discussing silent letters and consonant clusters. Explain silent letters There are important issues to note in consonants. Certain consonant letters may be silent (not…