Paragraph Development

A pronouns is a small word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun. When we use pronouns, we don't have to repeat the same noun every time we refer to it, and pronouns help sentences flow more smoothly and make them easier to say.

Examples:

Mary and John have asked for volunteers to help Mary and John paint Mary and John's house.

OR, using pronouns:

Mary and John have asked for volunteers to help them paint their house.

Sandy got a new puppy. Sandy's new puppy got Sandy's new puppy's paws in the mud and tracked Sandy's new puppy's muddy footprints all over Sandy's kitchen floor.

OR, using pronouns:

Sandy got a new puppy. Her new puppy got his paws in the mud and tracked his muddy footprints all over herkitchen floor.

The kinds of pronouns are:

personal pronouns; I, you, we, he, she, it, me, us, him, her, they, them.

demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those.

possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, their, its.

interrogative pronouns: who, whom, what, which, whose.

reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

intensive pronouns: reflexive pronouns used to emphasize.

reciprocal pronouns: each other, one another.

relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that.

indefinite pronouns: all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, enough, everybody, everyone, everything, few, fewer, less, little, many, more, most, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, none, one, other, others, several, some, somebody, someone, something, such, and they (people in general).

More example Sentences:

David reads the paper;he reads it every morning.

The pronoun 'he' replaces the noun 'David' and 'it' replaces 'paper'.

The boys didn't make the team and they were very sad.

The pronoun 'they' replaces the noun 'boys'.

Jane sent her mother yellow roses which are herfavorite flowers.

The relative pronoun 'which' replaces the noun 'roses' and the possessive adjective 'her' stands in for the possessive noun 'Jane's'.

A conjunction is any conjoining, connecting artifact, or can be the union formed by a joining or combining.

Astronomy - any apparent close approach of objects in the sky

Logic - A conjunction is a compound proposition that is true if-and-only-if all of its component propositions are true. It can also be the relationship among the components of such a proposition, usually expressed by AND or &/or.

Part of Speech - A conjunction is a word that links words, phrases, or clauses together. You would use it when you were writing a story or report. To remember all of the coordinating conjunctions, just remember FANBOYS [for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so]

Conjunctions can be any member of a small class of words distinguished in many languages by their function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences (e.g. as, and, because, but, however) or can be any other word or expression that performs a similar function.

Conjunctions are traditionally categorized into several types: coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions and correlative conjunctions. Some examples of each follow.

* Co-ordinating conjunctions: and, or, nor, for, but, yet, so

* Subordinating conjunctions:because, since, while, before, after, unless

* Correlative conjunctions: if...then / either...or / neither...nor / both...and / whether...or /not only...but...also/ as...as

The coordinating conjunctions can be used to link sentences together where neither is subordinate to the other. Subordinating conjunctions introduce subordinate clauses. Correlative conjunctions come in pairs that must appear together in the same sentence.

Some conjunctions can also link phrases that are smaller than whole sentences. For example, the coordinating conjunctions and and or can be used to link almost any phrases so long as they are of the same type:

• nouns: I like [cats] and/or [dogs].
• noun phrases: I like [this cat] and/or [that dog]
• verbs: The cat [scratched] and/or [bit] the dog.
• verb phrases: The cat [scratched the dog] and/or [bit the mouse].
• prepositions: The cat climbed [up] and/or [down] the tree.
• preposition phrases: The cat climbed [up the tree] and/or [down the wall].
• adjectives: I like very [energetic] and/or [playful] cats.
• adjective phrases: I like [very energetic] and/or [extremely playful] cats.
• adverbs: It climbed very [energetically] and/or [playfully].
• adverb phrases: It climbed [very energetically] and/or [extremely playfully].
• sentences: [The cat climbed up the tree] and/or [the dog barked].

A conjunction connects words, phrases and clauses. The 3 types of conjunctions are coordinating, subordinating, and correlative. Coordinating are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so. Subordinating conjunctions include as, since, if, although, and because. And correlative conjunctions come in pairs: either/or, neither/nor..

Interjections demonstrate emotion and are usually separated from the rest of the sentence by an exclamation point, and sometimes by a comma if the emotion is less stressed.

Some examples would be:

• Darn! I missed the ball.
• Shoot, we're going to be late.

Often, most often, it begins the sentence, but this is not a hard, fast rule.

A concrete noun is a word for something that can be experienced by any of the five physical senses; something that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched.

An abstract noun is a word for something that can't be experienced by any of the five physical senses; something that is known, learned, thought, understood, or felt emotionally.

Examples of concrete nouns / abstract nouns:

• hamburger / health
• water / welcome
• paper / pride
• scholar / intelligence
• soldier / bravery
• friend / friendliness
• dog / playfulness
• robber / thievery
• speaker / eloquence
• ATM / convenience