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| repent is a verb, and repenting and repented are participles, nominals. |
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| Thank you for responding, but I'm still very confused. What is meant by different forms of a noun. If you could explain using your own example I will be most grateful |
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| Singular, plural, and possessive are different forms of a noun. For example, Singular: person, Possessive: person's Plural: people, Possessive: people's |
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| I'm just curious, whether you'll consider 'waiter - waitress' as two different forms of the same word or two different words. |
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| Gender, too. |
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| Do you really think that English has gender as a grammatical category? |
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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?
Taken from grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/nouns.htm |
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