Classifications of Nouns and pronouns
Nouns
In English, many types of nouns exist
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Proper Nouns: refer to specific entities. Writers of English capitalizeproper nouns ( Steve, Harvard, or White House
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Common nouns :refer to general, unspecific categories of entities (person,university,building)
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Countable Nouns : can occur in both single and plural forms, can be modified by numerals, and can co-occur with quantificational determiners (pen,bike,table)
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Uncountable Nouns : some nouns are not countable and are called uncountable nouns or mass nouns (water,milk, air)
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Concrete nouns: are nouns that can be touched, smelled, seen, felt, or tasted. ( dog, wool, sugar)
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Abstract Nouns: theoretical concepts use abstract nouns to refer to them (freedom, love, power)
pronouns
There are many different kinds of pronouns.
Personal Pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
Demonstrative Pronouns(This, that, these those)
Indefinite Pronouns (All, some, any, several, anyone, nobody, each, both, few, either, none,,,,,etc.)
Interrogative Pronouns( Who, which, what, where,how)
Reflexive Pronouns(myself, yourself,herself, himself)
Possessive Pronouns (My, your, his, her, its, our,their)
Relative Pronouns(Which, that, who ,whom, whose,where)
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Reciprocal Pronouns Reciprocal pronouns are used for actions or feelings that are reciprocated. The two most common reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another.
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Absolute Possessive Pronouns
These pronouns also show possession. Unlike possessive pronouns , which are adjectives to nouns, these pronouns sit by themselves. Mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs are all absolute possessive pronouns.
