The apprentice
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Dear teachers and members:
I have been told by a teacher that a noun is needed for a verb, otherwise it is a question.
A noun is a part of speech denoting a person, place, thing, animal or idea. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, and I definitely know that a noun is needed for a verb, but my questions are as follows:
Do some of these questions and sentences have no noun?, for example:
1°) Give me that.
2°) He gave me this.
3°) What does that mean?
4°) Who gave you this?
a) In the above examples, that and this are pronouns (demostrative). It is taking the place of a noun, so I think it is like a noun by itself; it is referring to a thing by itself: (I = '' Give me that ''; II = '' what? ''; III = '' the hammer '').
b) These demostrative pronouns may be followed by nouns, thus becoming or changing into determiners, for example:
1°) Give me that (hammer).
2°) He gave me this (diamond ring).
3°) What does that (word) mean?
4°) Who gave you this (order)?
c) Can a question really need no noun or pronoun?
Please, I need your assistance and explanation in this confusion I have, I would also like examples about it.
Yours Truly,
The Apprentice
I have been told by a teacher that a noun is needed for a verb, otherwise it is a question.
A noun is a part of speech denoting a person, place, thing, animal or idea. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, and I definitely know that a noun is needed for a verb, but my questions are as follows:
Do some of these questions and sentences have no noun?, for example:
1°) Give me that.
2°) He gave me this.
3°) What does that mean?
4°) Who gave you this?
a) In the above examples, that and this are pronouns (demostrative). It is taking the place of a noun, so I think it is like a noun by itself; it is referring to a thing by itself: (I = '' Give me that ''; II = '' what? ''; III = '' the hammer '').
b) These demostrative pronouns may be followed by nouns, thus becoming or changing into determiners, for example:
1°) Give me that (hammer).
2°) He gave me this (diamond ring).
3°) What does that (word) mean?
4°) Who gave you this (order)?
c) Can a question really need no noun or pronoun?
Please, I need your assistance and explanation in this confusion I have, I would also like examples about it.
Yours Truly,
The Apprentice
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