(a) We may say—
Sheela is absent because Sheela is ill.
But it is better to avoid the repetition of the noun Sheela, and say Sheela is absent because she is ill.
Definition. A word that is used to replace a noun is called pronoun.
(The word ‘Pronoun’ means ‘for a noun’.)
(b) If the number of noun is singular, persons of the male *** are referred to by ‘he. him. his, himself. Persons of the female *** take, ‘she. her, hers, herself. Non¬living things are referred to by ‘it, its and itself’
(c) If the number of a noun is plural, persons of either *** as also the non-living things, are referred to by ‘they, them, their, theirs, thems
(d) An animal is generally referred to by the neuter ‘it’, even if the noun denotes one *** only.
I watched the cow as it grazed peacefully.
However, if there is something in the situation that draws attention to the *** of the animal, then ‘he’ or ‘she’ may be used.
There is a cow with her calf.
For animals which occur in a story as characters or the animals which are thought of as members of the family, he, she etc may be used.
We have a monkey in the house.
Have you seen him ?
(e) The words ‘his’, ‘her’ and others derived from them are called possessive adjec¬tives. They must agree in gender with the words which they refer back. The gender of these possessive adjectives has nothing to do with the nouns they follow :
Ram gave a present to his mother. (not her mother)
Sita gave a present to her brother as well as to her sister. (not his brother or his sister) The cycle was restored to its owner. (not his or her owner)
Gaurav Seth 4 years, 11 months ago
(a) We may say—
Sheela is absent because Sheela is ill.
But it is better to avoid the repetition of the noun Sheela, and say Sheela is absent because she is ill.
Definition. A word that is used to replace a noun is called pronoun.
(The word ‘Pronoun’ means ‘for a noun’.)
(b) If the number of noun is singular, persons of the male *** are referred to by ‘he. him. his, himself. Persons of the female *** take, ‘she. her, hers, herself. Non¬living things are referred to by ‘it, its and itself’
(c) If the number of a noun is plural, persons of either *** as also the non-living things, are referred to by ‘they, them, their, theirs, thems
(d) An animal is generally referred to by the neuter ‘it’, even if the noun denotes one *** only.
I watched the cow as it grazed peacefully.
However, if there is something in the situation that draws attention to the *** of the animal, then ‘he’ or ‘she’ may be used.
There is a cow with her calf.
For animals which occur in a story as characters or the animals which are thought of as members of the family, he, she etc may be used.
We have a monkey in the house.
Have you seen him ?
(e) The words ‘his’, ‘her’ and others derived from them are called possessive adjec¬tives. They must agree in gender with the words which they refer back. The gender of these possessive adjectives has nothing to do with the nouns they follow :
Ram gave a present to his mother. (not her mother)
Sita gave a present to her brother as well as to her sister. (not his brother or his sister) The cycle was restored to its owner. (not his or her owner)
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