_I, you, my, me, what, we, it, he, who, him, she, them,_ and other words
are used in place of nouns, and are, therefore, called +Pronouns+ (Lat.
_pro_, for, and _nomen_, a noun).
By means of these handy little words we can represent any or every object
in existence. We could hardly speak or write without them now, they so
frequently shorten the expression and prevent confusion and repetition.
+DEFINITION.--A _Noun_ is the name of anything.+
+DEFINITION.--A _Pronoun_ is a word used for a noun.+
The principal office of nouns is to name the things of which we say, or
assert, something in the sentence.
+Direction+.---_Write, according to the model, the names of things that can
burn, grow, melt, love, roar, or revolve._
+Model.+-- _Nouns._
Wood |
Paper |
Oil |
Houses + burn or burns.
Coal |
Leaves |
Matches |
Clothes |
+Remark.+--Notice that, when the subject adds _s_ or _es_ to denote more
than one, the predicate does not take _s_. Note how it would sound if both
should add _s_.
+Every subject+ of a sentence is a +noun+, or some word or words used as a
noun. But not every noun in a sentence is a subject.
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