A Remedial English Grammar

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A Remedial English Grammar
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CHAPTERS

• ARTICLES
• AGREEMENT OF VERB AND SUBJECT
• CONCORD OF NOUNS, PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE
  ADJECTIVES
• CONFUSION OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
• DIFFICULTIES WITH COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVES
• CONFUSION OF PARTICIPLES ACTIVE PASSIVE
• PREPOSITIONS
• NEGATIVE VERBS
• TENSES 1, 2 3
• THE INFINITIVE

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Concord of nouns, pronouns and possessive
adjectives (third person)

• Rules of usage
• 1. For singular noun forms, persons of the male
  sex are referred to by he, him, his, himself and
  persons of the female sex by she, her, hers,
  herself. Non living things and most animals are
  referred to by it, its, itself.

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Concord of nouns, pronouns and possessive
adjectives (third person)

• 2. As per the norms of the existing society, if
  the noun could refer to persons of either sex
  such as person, pupil, scholar, reader,
  pedestrian,etc, the pronouns of the masculine
  are generally used. But if the reference is
  clearly to a woman, then the feminine form is
  used. The words baby, child are usually referred
  to by it.

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Concord of nouns, pronouns and possessive
adjectives (third person)

• 3. If the number is plural, persons of either
  sex are referred to by thy, them, their, theirs,
  themselves.
• 4. An animal is usually referred to by the
  neuter it. But if there is something in this
  context which draws attention to the sex of the
  animal then he/she can be used. Pet animals are
  usually referred to by the pronoun appropriate
  to their sex such as he/she.

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Concord of nouns, pronouns and possessive
adjectives (third person)

• 5. Every and words beginning with every- are
  singular and must therefore be referred to by
  the singular pronouns.
• 6. Possessives derived from forms of his/her
  must agree in gender with the words to which
  they refer back and it does not depend on the
  gender of the noun that follows it or that it
  qualifies.

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Concord of nouns, pronouns and possessive
adjectives (third person)
Nominative Accusative P.Adjective P.Pronoun Reflexive
I me my mine myself
you you your yours yourself
he him his his himself
she her her hers herself
it it its its itself
one one one's one's oneself
we us our ours ourselves
you you your yours yourselves
they them their theirs themselves