Adjectives that are pronouns--confused

[cintinative]

We are working through Jr. Analytical Grammar and I don't understand this.

 

In this sentence:

 

All of us should find enjoyment in one or the other.

 

They are saying "all" is a pronoun. I think that it is an adjective. I know that a pronoun can be an adjective (e.g, possessive pronouns like his, hers, etc.) but when I look at this sentence I am missing how "all" is a word used in place of a noun.  To me, all is an adjective describing "us."  

 

Here is another one:

 

Whichever you choose, anybody can have a healthy body with one of these. 

 

In this sentence, "one" is listed as a pronoun.  To me, this describes "these" and would be an adjective.

 

Please  help a grammar-challenged girl out and explain this to me.

 

TIA!!! 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2017 by cintinative

[Ellie]

We are working through Jr. Analytical Grammar and I don't understand this.

 

In this sentence:

 

All of us should find enjoyment in one or the other.

 

They are saying "all" is a pronoun. I think that it is an adjective. I know that a pronoun can be an adjective (e.g, possessive pronouns like his, hers, etc.) but when I look at this sentence I am missing how "all" is a word used in place of a noun.  To me, all is an adjective describing "us."  

 

Here is another one:

 

Whichever you choose, anybody can have a health body with one of these. 

 

In this sentence, "one" is listed as a pronoun.  To me, this describes "these" and would be an adjective.

 

Please  help a grammar-challenged girl out and explain this to me.

 

TIA!!! 

 

First sentence:

An adjective is never the subject of a sentence. "of us" is a prepositional phrase, which means you can take it out of the sentence and the sentence still makes sense. So, if you do that, it would be "All should find enjoyment."

 

 

Second sentence:

"In one or the other" is also a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition ("in") closely followed by a noun or pronoun ("one").

 

In the second sentence, "with one" and "of these" are both prepositional phrases, which you remember is a preposition closely followed by a noun or pronoun, so "one" and "these" are both pronouns.

 

Edited April 24, 2017 by Ellie

[8filltheheart]

All is the subject of the sentence. The base sentence is All should find. Of us is a prep phrase.

 

One is the object of the prep with. The prep phrase of these is acting as an adj modifying with one. (Think these ones.)

[Paige]

Your words can be adjectives if they are used in the correct context but are not exclusively adjectives. They are pronouns in the sentences you wrote because of their function in the sentence.

 

All of us went to the movie.

 

All is a pronoun that replaces the names of whoever went to the movie.

 

I want all the cookies. 

 

All is an adjective modifying what number of cookies you want. 

 

Does that help?

[cintinative]

Thanks all. I didn't think of crossing out the prepositional phrases first. We learned that in FLL. That would have helped me to see this. Of course, they have the "us" in "of us" labeled as a pronoun also--but it is also an OP, correct?

 

 

[2_girls_mommy]

Yes, it is the object of the prepositional phrase, which must be a noun or a pronoun. 

[KrissiK]

Thanks all. I didn't think of crossing out the prepositional phrases first. We learned that in FLL. That would have helped me to see this. Of course, they have the "us" in "of us" labeled as a pronoun also--but it is also an OP, correct?

I find that getting rid of all the prepositional phrases first really helps in figuring out what everything else is. And yes "us" is a pronoun and is the object of the preposition "of". The stripped down sentence would be "All should find enjoyment". Then you can easily tell the subject and the verb and then diagram the prepositional phrases according to what they modify. Edited April 24, 2017 by KrissiK

[Farrar]

Thanks all.

 

I like that you used all as a pronoun in your thank you. ;)