Numbers of Nouns: Singular

Singular

is word of or relating to a separate person or thing: individual or relating to, or being a word form denoting one person, thing, or instance; or relating to a single instance or to something considered by itself.

Singular stands for one or literally single. If you are referring only to a single or one person, thing or event, you should use the singular form of the noun. The singular form may also be the noun's base form. The base form of a noun is as it is written without inflection or additional affixes.

Look at this chart for a clearer view of the base form of nouns:

*Take note that some forms do not change or rather they may seem plural in form but is actually singular in function. These nouns may take another word for it to be recognize as plural, like for example scissors. You may say a pair of scissors or several scissors to point out many scissors.

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Kinds of Pronouns: Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns

are pronouns having the same form but different in usage. Reflexive pronouns acts as 'direct object' of the verb or 'object of the preposition' in a sentence if the receiver of the action is the subject itself. It merely reflects the subject . Intensive pronoun emphasizes the subject . It requires to be beside an antecedent or the noun it intensifies. In short, it intensifies the subject of the sentence. Let us study this chart to see the difference between the two.

Cases of Nouns: Possessive (Genitive) Case

Possessive (Genitive) i s a word of, relating to, or constituting a word, a word group, or a grammatical case that denotes ownership or a relation analogous or similar to ownership. Possession is simply the state of having or owning something. A noun is in possessive case if it shows ownership or possession . Nouns or pronouns in possessive case are usually guided by the noun that follows it. Possessive case are marked with an apostrophe and 's' at the end of the word or with the 'of' phrase. Observe this chart contrasting the apostrophe and 's' and the the 'of' phrase:

Cases of Nouns: Objective (Accusative) Case

Objective (Accusative) is the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb. When we say object, objective case or object of the preposition we are not talking about something tangible or the literal object or thing . We refer to them as one that receives the action . In short, words that receives the action are in objective case . We can call it the recipient . Observe this chart for the position and characteristics of words or group of words in objective case.

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