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Has the employee accused of pocketing money from the till denied the charges?
Have they done it again?
Is raising two kids and being in school full time a difficult act for them?
Will this latest episode of South Park probably offend just about everybody?
Does whatever happens in Vegas stay in Vegas?
Nouns:
One day the pirate Modi was out running errands with his mom.
A) (Noun)
B) To test nouns you can put them into slots after the. For example: The I
I . This works:
The I pirate I. In the sentence above the even appears before pirate.
They shopped for groceries and ate peas at his favorite restaurant.
A) (Noun)
B) Nouns generally function as head of noun phrases, and noun phrases have a range of
functions including that of the subject. I can form a yes/no question: Did they shop for
groceries and eat peas at his favorite restaurant? You can then answer by saying: They
did shop for groceries and eat peas at his favorite restaurant. Therefore, they, is the
head of your noun phrase. They is also the subject of the clause: They shopped.
Then the pirate Modi's mom said, "Oh yes, we need to stop off at the doctor's office for a quick
checkup."
A) (Noun)
B) The majority of nouns such as this one, have an inflections form between singular and
plural. In this case the noun is plural: Modi’s. The apostrophe followed by the s implies
ownership to the person.
The doctor checked Modi's heart, his blood pressure, and his knees.
A) (Noun)
B) You can use the slot approach: The I I…. The I doctor I
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