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On a worksheet today, dc had to circle all the nouns. My question is, what are all the nouns in the following sentence? I want to see if I'm thinking accurately or if the answer sheet is right. Thanks!

 

I prefer pepperoni and onions on my pizza.

 

Pepperoni, onions, pizza. I don't think pronouns are considered to simultaneously be nouns, are they? :confused:

 

ETA: I googled for more info and came across this funny bit of "info," by way of Yahoo! Answers:

 

"Nouns come in proper and improper forms.

Proper nouns are the names of things:

Jane, Chicago, Barfy, English are names of things.

Girl, city, dog, language are improper nouns: things, not their names."

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Pepperoni, onions, pizza. I don't think pronouns are considered to simultaneously be nouns, are they? :confused:

 

ETA: I googled for more info and came across this funny bit of "info," by way of Yahoo! Answers:

 

"Nouns come in proper and improper forms.

Proper nouns are the names of things:

Jane, Chicago, Barfy, English are names of things.

Girl, city, dog, language are improper nouns: things, not their names."

 

 

It was the pronouns that I was questioning. They are nouns, but the answer sheet didn't have them circled. This was a very basic noun sheet, so I guess they were keeping it basic. I just wanted to be sure I was right and that I hadn't missed something in my "wonderful" public eduation that steered me wrong. :lol: I think I am right and the answer key is right, it's just that I'm getting further ahead than the worksheet at the moment. Thanks for the confirmation!

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It was the pronouns that I was questioning. They are nouns, but the answer sheet didn't have them circled.

 

Are you sure? I've not heard this or come across it in any of our studies so far. Do you have a source so I can understand it better?

 

And yeah, they were probably just trying to keep it simple. I bet that's why they didn't go into why the pepperoni, onions, and pizza are so improper :lol:

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It was the pronouns that I was questioning. They are nouns, but the answer sheet didn't have them circled. This was a very basic noun sheet, so I guess they were keeping it basic. I just wanted to be sure I was right and that I hadn't missed something in my "wonderful" public eduation that steered me wrong. :lol: I think I am right and the answer key is right, it's just that I'm getting further ahead than the worksheet at the moment. Thanks for the confirmation!

 

Pronouns are not nouns. They are pronouns; they can be used in place of nouns. The "I" is used like a noun as the subject of the sentence. The "my" is a pronoun used as an adjective modifying pizza.

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Pronouns are not nouns. They are pronouns; they can be used in place of nouns. The "I" is used like a noun as the subject of the sentence. The "my" is a pronoun used as an adjective modifying pizza.

 

:iagree: After repeating this over and over from our FLL 1 lessons this week blah!

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Pronouns are not nouns. They are pronouns; they can be used in place of nouns. The "I" is used like a noun as the subject of the sentence. The "my" is a pronoun used as an adjective modifying pizza.

 

:iagree: Pronouns are a different part of speech than nouns. They can take the place of nouns but are not a type of noun.

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