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Grammar Help: Noun equivalent
So, I know that a noun equivalent is well, the equivalent of the noun.
In the book that I'm studying from, it mentions that a noun equivalent is a phrase or clause that functions as a noun, but I'm not entirely sure what that would be.
It provides the examples, {To serve your country is honorable} and {Bring whomever you like}, but I'm still not sure what a noun equivalent is.
Would somebody be able to simplify it a lot and really explain this to me?
Also, providing examples and breaking them down would help greatly as well.
Thank you.
In the book that I'm studying from, it mentions that a noun equivalent is a phrase or clause that functions as a noun, but I'm not entirely sure what that would be.
It provides the examples, {To serve your country is honorable} and {Bring whomever you like}, but I'm still not sure what a noun equivalent is.
Would somebody be able to simplify it a lot and really explain this to me?
Also, providing examples and breaking them down would help greatly as well.
Thank you.
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It's kind of tough because you need a lot of technical knowledge of what a noun is.
But basically a noun equivalent is something that takes the place of a noun.
"Jeff likes to sleep" <- Jeff is the noun in this case
"He likes to sleep" <- Now we have a pronoun functioning as a noun
Also;
"They like to sleep" <- they is the noun equivalent
{To serve your country is honorable} <- 'To serve your country' is the noun equivalent, unlike my above examples it is a phrase!
{Bring whomever you like} <- 'whomever you like' is the noun equivalent, another phrase.
But basically a noun equivalent is something that takes the place of a noun.
"Jeff likes to sleep" <- Jeff is the noun in this case
"He likes to sleep" <- Now we have a pronoun functioning as a noun
Also;
"They like to sleep" <- they is the noun equivalent
{To serve your country is honorable} <- 'To serve your country' is the noun equivalent, unlike my above examples it is a phrase!
{Bring whomever you like} <- 'whomever you like' is the noun equivalent, another phrase.
As far as I know, noun equivalents are nouns that represent something else. So a county is also a group of states, and whomever refers to a group of people
That's more or less it
That's more or less it
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Originally Posted by ImmortalPig
It's kind of tough because you need a lot of technical knowledge of what a noun is.
But basically a noun equivalent is something that takes the place of a noun.
"Jeff likes to sleep" <- Jeff is the noun in this case
"He likes to sleep" <- Now we have a pronoun functioning as a noun
Also;
"They like to sleep" <- they is the noun equivalent
{To serve your country is honorable} <- 'To serve your country' is the noun equivalent, unlike my above examples it is a phrase!
{Bring whomever you like} <- 'whomever you like' is the noun equivalent, another phrase.
They are used in order prevent redundancy in your sentences, as well as to provide necessary context for sentences that would otherwise be awkward-sounding had you used a proper noun instead of a pronoun (e.g. example sentence #1 above).
Scratch all of that. I seem to have had my grammatical constructions confused.
A noun equivalent is actually a form of speech that functions as a subject in a sentence (a role that is normally fulfilled by a noun).
Gerunds typically serve as noun equivalents:
"Going to the park is my sister's favorite pastime."
A pronoun can also serve as a noun equivalent.
Last edited by Trick; Aug 13, 2013 at 05:06 PM.
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Originally Posted by Trick
Scratch all of that. I seem to have had my grammatical constructions confused.
A noun equivalent is actually a form of speech that functions as a subject in a sentence (a role that is normally fulfilled by a noun).
Gerunds typically serve as noun equivalents:
"Going to the park is my sister's favorite pastime."
A pronoun can also serve as a noun equivalent.
Correct!
+ Bonus points for gerunds!
Originally Posted by sid
As far as I know, noun equivalents are nouns that represent something else. So a county is also a group of states, and whomever refers to a group of people
That's more or less it
Incorrect!
