Different forms of nouns?

[Soup]

Originally Posted by Clark

You did in addition to number and case.

Lay off the booze, Clark.

[Soup]

Originally Posted by Kraken

Forms of Nouns

Nouns can be in the subjective, possessive, and objective case. The word case defines the role of the noun in the sentence. Is it a subject, an object, or does it show possession?

• The English professor [subject] is tall.
• He chose the English professor [object].
• The English professor's [possessive] car is green.

Nouns in the subject and object role are identical in form; nouns that show the possessive, however, take a different form. Usually an apostrophe is added followed by the letter s (except for plurals, which take the plural "-s" ending first, and then add the apostrophe).

Taken from grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/nouns.htm

Nice addition, Kraken.

[Kraken]

Thank you

[Clark]

Originally Posted by Kraken

Forms of Nouns

Nouns can be in the subjective, possessive, and objective case. The word case defines the role of the noun in the sentence. Is it a subject, an object, or does it show possession?

• The English professor [subject] is tall.
• He chose the English professor [object].
• The English professor's [possessive] car is green.

Nouns in the subject and object role are identical in form; nouns that show the possessive, however, take a different form. Usually an apostrophe is added followed by the letter s (except for plurals, which take the plural "-s" ending first, and then add the apostrophe).

Taken from grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/nouns.htm

Interesting. How would you classify the case of the noun in : Let's go by car.

[srkfan]

Thanks for your help guys! It sounds so simple when you explain it, but Im having trouble applying it because with my first example, the word "repentance"....I know you can change the form to plural by adding an s, but I don't think 'repentance' has a possessive form? Are the plural and possessive the only forms? I tried to research this on the internet, but there isn't much info. available on the subject apart from what I already know Its sooo frustrating! Thanks for all your contributions though. I appreciate it!

[naomimalan]

Originally Posted by srkfan

Thanks for your help guys! It sounds so simple when you explain it, but Im having trouble applying it because with my first example, the word "repentance"....I know you can change the form to plural by adding an s, but I don't think 'repentance' has a possessive form? Are the plural and possessive the only forms? I tried to research this on the internet, but there isn't much info. available on the subject apart from what I already know Its sooo frustrating! Thanks for all your contributions though. I appreciate it!

"Repentance" is uncountable so it can't be put into the plural. Plus, theoretically you're right about its not having a possessive form: I can't think of any possible context where you could put "repentance" into the possessive.

What made you choose this noun, anyway? Why don't you just stick to nouns with irregular plurals like man, child, tooth, sheep?

Sheep would be a challenging one to take on. How ever would one put sheep into the possessive plural form!

[srkfan]

Hi! Actually I didn't choose that particular noun. Its one of the questions asked on an assignment I'm busy with and I'm really puzzled by it because they ask for 2 different forms of the noun 'repentance' and I was hoping someone would have an idea what the answer is. They used a few other nouns which were just as confusing I'm busy trying to figure those out as well

[Kraken]

"Repentance's success in the Soviet Union is no accident." There's a film called Repentance.
Anyway, you can play with words and say
"Penitence is repentance's best friend".
It's called prosopopoeia, a rhetorical device in which an animal or inanimate object is ascribed human characteristics or is spoken of in anthropomorphic language.

[naomimalan]

Originally Posted by srkfan

Can someone please explain if I am on the right track. I was asked to find 2 different forms of a particular noun. Would I be correct in saying that for the noun 'repentance' the two different forms of this noun are 'repent' and 'repenting?' My notes are not clear on what is meant by different forms of a noun, nor does it provide any examples. Please will someone assist?

Originally Posted by srkfan

Hi! Actually I didn't choose that particular noun. Its one of the questions asked on an assignment I'm busy with and I'm really puzzled by it because they ask for 2 different forms of the noun 'repentance' and I was hoping someone would have an idea what the answer is. They used a few other nouns which were just as confusing I'm busy trying to figure those out as well What were the other nouns they wanted to know about?

(Re)reading your two messages (above), I think we've all been barking up the wrong tree. It's pretty obvious they don't want two other noun forms of repentance. They want two other parts of speech. Which would mean that your original choice of repent - verb - and repenting - gerund/present participle- would be what they want. You could go one better by giving them the adjective: repentant instead of the banal -ing form. eg He was feeling guilty and....repentant : a repentant criminal (Collins Cobuild).

[srkfan]

Thanks for all the help guys! I think I will have to ask my lecturer to clarify what exactly is meant by "two different forms" of the given nouns. Perhaps it is two parts of speech as suggested and not two noun forms!(This was what I initially thought as well)