Salvation through Born Again
408
sessive case, a noun or pronoun
changes its form o show that it
owns or is closely related to som-
ething else.
Type of nouns: There are many
different types of nouns. Mainly
– 1. Proper noun 2. Common
Noun 3. Concrete noun 4. Abst-
ract noun 5.Countable noun (co-
unt noun) 6.Non-countable noun
7.Collective noun.
1. Proper nouns: Proper nouns
always begin with a capital
letter, since the noun repre-
sents the name of a specific
person, place, or thing. The
names of days of the week, mo-
nths, historical documents, ins-
titutions, organizations, religions,
their holy texts and their adh-
erents are proper nouns. A pro-
per noun is the opposite of a
common noun.
2. Common nouns: A common
noun is a noun referring to a per-
son, place, or thing in a general
sense – usually, write it with a
capital letter only when it begins
a sentence. A common noun is
the opposite of a proper noun.
3. Concrete noun: A concrete
noun is a noun which names
anything (or anyone) that you can
The Salvation is the Gift of God
perceive through your physical
senses: touch, sight, taste, hea-
ring, or smell. A concrete noun
is the opposite of abstract noun.
4. Abstract noun: An abst-
ract noun is a noun which
names anything which you can
not perceive through your phy-
sical senses, and is the opposite
of concrete noun.
5. Countable noun (Count
noun): A Countable noun (or
count noun) is a noun with both
a singular and a plural form, and
it names anything (or anyone)
that you can count. You can
make a countable noun plural
and attach it to a plural verb in
a sentence. Countable nouns
are the opposite of non-counta-
ble nouns and collective nouns.
6. Non-countable nouns: A
non-countable noun (or mass
noun) is a noun which does not
have a plural form, and which
refers to something that you
could (or would) not usually
count. A non-countable noun
always takes a singular verb in
a sentence. Non-countable
nouns are similar to collective
nouns, and are the opposite of
countable nouns.
Salvation through Born Again
409
7. Collective nouns: A coll-
ective noun is a noun naming a
group of things, animals, or pe-
rsons. You could count the
individual members of the group,
but you usually think of the group
as a whole is generally as one
unit.
II. Pronoun: A pronoun can
replace a noun or another pro-
noun. Pronouns like “he,” “whi-
ch,” “none,” and “you” to make
your sentence less cumbersome
and less repetitive. Grammarians
classify pronouns into several
types. There are –
1. Personal pronoun
2. Demonstrative pronoun
3. Interrogative pronoun
4. Indefinite pronoun 6. Reflexive
pronoun 7. Intensive pronoun.
1. Personal Pronouns: A Per-
sonal pronoun refers to a spe-
cific persons or thing and cha-
nges its form to indicate person,
number, gender, and case.
The grammatical classifica-
tion of personal pronouns into
several types. They are – a.
Subjective Personal Prono-
uns: It indicates that the pro-
noun is acting as the subject of
the sentence. The subjective
The Salvation is the Gift of God
personal pronouns are “I,”
“you,” “she,” “he,” “it,” “we”
“you,” “they.”
b. Objective Personal Pron-
ouns: An objective personal
pronoun indicates that the
pronoun is acting as an object
of a verb, compound verb, pre-
position, or infinitive phrase. The
objective personal pronouns
are: “me,” “you,” “her,” “him,”
“it,” “us,” “you,” and “them.”
c. Possessive Personal Pron-
ouns: A possessive personal
pronoun indicates that the
pronoun is acting as a marker
of possession and defines who
owns a particular object or per-
son. The possessive personal
pronouns are “mine,” “yours,”
“heirs,” “his,” “its,” “ours,” and
“theirs.”
2. Demonstrative Pronouns:
A Demonstrative pronoun
points to and identifies a noun
or a pronoun. “This,” and “the-
se” refer to things that are nearby
either in space or in time, while
“that” and “those” refer to things
that are farther away in space
or time The demonstrative pro-
nouns are “this,” “that,” “these”
and “those.” “This” and “that”