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Topic: Interrogative pronoun


  
 What Is A Pronoun?
The interrogative pronouns are "who," "whom," "which," "what" and the compounds formed with the suffix "ever" ("whoever," "whomever," "whichever," and "whatever").
The relative pronouns are "who," "whom," "that," and "which." The compounds "whoever," "whomever," and "whichever" are also relative pronouns.
After reading the pamphlet, Judy threw it into the garbage can.
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/pronouns.html   (1695 words)

  
 Pronouns
Students are given a sentence and then asked to identify the pronoun used as either: A.
We could get along just fine without pronouns, but we use them for reasons of economy of speaking.
The subjective personal pronouns are ``I,'' ``you,'' ``she,'' ``he,'' ``it,'' ``we,'' ``you,'' ``they".
http://newton.uor.edu/FacultyFolder/Rider/pronouns.htm   (2221 words)

  
 Writing English - Proofreading and Copyediting Services
An interrogative pronoun is used when asking a question (who, whom, whose, which, what).
The relative pronouns are who, whoever, whom, whomever, whose, what, whatever, which, whichever, that.
A demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these, those) points out something.
http://www.writingenglish.com/pronoun.htm   (348 words)

  
 English Grammar
As well as being used at the beginning of direct questions, interrogative pronouns and adjectives can also be used at the beginning of indirect questions.
Relative pronouns such as what, whatever and whoever are normally used without antecedents.
The pronouns who, what and which are used as interrogative pronouns.
http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramch19.html   (3977 words)

  
 Harper's Writing Center: Pronoun Types
Relative pronouns include who, whom, whose, whoever, whomever, that and which.
Many of the flood victims were left homeless, but only one was injured.
Who and whoever are the subjective case pronouns; whom, whomever are the objective case pronouns, and whose is the possessive case pronoun.
http://www.harpercollege.edu/writ_ctr/prontype.htm   (303 words)

  
 VIPASSANA RESEARCH INSTITUTE *** Pali Primer -- Lesson 32 ***
cid) is appended to the case forms of the interrogative pronoun, expressing ideas such as anyone, whichever, whoever, e.g.
The rest is similar to the masculine declension
http://www.vri.dhamma.org/publications/pali/primer/lesson32.html   (675 words)

  
 Report Submitted to FAMSI - David Bolles
In some instances the object pronoun is not actually expressed but implied, the object already having been mentioned in foregoing conversation.
1) those in which the interrogative pronoun is the subject.
1) those in which the interrogative pronoun is the
http://www.famsi.org/reports/96072/gmrsrc5c.htm   (5689 words)

  
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Interrogative pronouns (and interrogative adjectives and adverbs) ask about unknown information.
  The interrogative pronoun is placed at the beginning of the question:
                        (anchovies is replaced by the interrogative pronoun what)
http://www.geocities.com/ericsquire/grammar/interrp1.htm   (142 words)

  
 Chapter 29
As for the forms, the best thing would be to memorize the nominative, accusative, and ablative singular forms, then use them when you see a question mark and what looks like a relative pronoun.
Interrogative questions ask a question, so if you see what looks to be a relative pronoun punctuated with a question, it’s probably an interrogative pronoun.
The problem is quod, which is the neuter singular and accusative relative pronoun as well as the conjunction translated "because." As with interrogative pronouns, the trick is to know whether the quod staring you down is a relative pronoun or a conjunction.
http://www.north.mccsc.edu/~blaw/Chapter_29.htm   (466 words)

  
 French Grammar: Questions: Information Questions
When the interrogative pronoun appears at the beginning of a sentence, it often is immediately followed by est-ce que.
Use que as opposed to quoi when the pronoun has been moved to the front of the sentence unless a preposition comes before it.
After the exchange, the interrogative pronoun is often moved to the front of the sentence.
http://www.languageguide.org/francais/grammar/questions/info.html   (260 words)

  
 KET DL Latin 2 Grammatica Pronouns
The accusative singular feminine and neuter forms are quam and quod when the pronoun is relative and quem and quid when it is interrogative.
This is my friend to whom I gave this book.
The nominative singular forms are qui quae quod when the pronoun is relative and quis quis quid when it is interrogative.
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/grammar/rel-int-key.htm   (355 words)

  
 Adjectives
Often, it answers the question "How much?" Some common indefinite adjectives are
An interrogative adjective may look like an interrogative pronoun, but it is used differently in the sentence: it is an adjective, used to modify a noun or pronoun.
An indefinite adjective may look like an indefinite pronoun, but it is used differently in the sentence: it is an adjective, used to modify a noun or pronoun.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0885349.html   (174 words)

  
 What Is An Adjective?
I can't complete my assignment because I don't have the textbook.
An interrogative adjective (``which'' or ``what'') is like an interrogative pronoun, except that it modifies a noun or noun phrase rather than standing on its own (see also demonstrative adjectives and possessive adjectives):
Eleanor listened to the muffled sounds of the radio hidden under her pillow.
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/adjectve.html   (935 words)

  
 Pronoun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A pronoun used for the item questioned in a question is called an interrogative pronoun, such as who.
In some languages, a personal pronoun has a form called a disjunctive pronoun, which is used when it stands on its own, or with only a copula, such as in answering to the question "Who wrote this page?" English pronouns used in this way have caused some dispute.
Reflexive pronouns are used as the object of a sentence when the subject and object match.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoun   (981 words)

  
 'Interrogative Pronoun' @ encyclopaediaOnline: the FREE online encyclopaedia (encyclopedia), dictionary, and grammar ...
However, a relative pronoun may be found in a question; an interrogative pronoun is only found in a question.
An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun used to ask a question.
They often have no antecedent as the antecedent is unknown (this is the reason the question is being asked).
http://www.encyclopaediaonline.com/article.asp?topic=Interrogative+Pronoun   (106 words)

  
 A Contrastive Analysis of Hindi and Malayalam
The interrogative pronouns can be used in exclamatory sentences also.
Whereas in Hindi the Interrogative pronoun 'kya: ' is used in the beginning or end of the sentence.
Tag questions in Malayalam and Hindi are formed by adding an interrogative suffix at the end of declarative sentence.
http://www.languageinindia.com/sep2002/chap4.html   (3523 words)

  
 Pronouns
The singular pronouns include my, him, he, she, it.
Apostrophes, however, are not used with personal pronouns.
: An indefinite pronoun often refers to unnamed or unknown people or things.
http://www.kahnwithak.com/pronouns.htm   (483 words)

  
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pronoun is one which is used to ask a question.
Note: Since both who and whom come at the beginning of an interrogative sentence, some students
sentences ask questions by means of interrogative words.
http://tutorpal.com/eng097/pg74.html   (106 words)

  
 Interrogative pronoun - definition of Interrogative pronoun in Encyclopedia
An interrogative pronoun (also known simply as an interrogative) is a pronoun used in asking questions.
In English, many interrogative pronouns can also be used as relative pronouns.
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Interrogative_pronoun   (119 words)

  
 Pronouns
The interrogative pronoun is used to ask a question.
The personal interrogative pronouns come in the same three cases as the personal pronouns.
Indefinite pronouns refer to persons, places, or things without specifying for certain which one.
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000366.htm   (149 words)

  
 pronoun - definition of pronoun by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
The text of his order(altered from the original by only a pronoun, which is not much) ran: "The earth and the fulness thereof are mine, saith Monseigneur.
relative pronoun - a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pronoun   (334 words)

  
 Interrogative word - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page was last modified 22:47, 7 November 2005.
Interrogative words can also be used as relative pro-forms in English.
An interrogative word (also known simply as an interrogative) is a function word used for the item questioned in a question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrogative_pronoun   (80 words)

  
 E N C Y C L O P E D I A
KA - The interrogative pronoun “who?” This word has been raised to the position of a deity.
But soon a new adjective was formed, and not only the hymns but the sacrifice also offered to the god were called Kaya or Who-ish…..
Some of the hymns in which the interrogative pronoun occurred were called Kadvat, i.e., having kad or quid.
http://www.mypurohith.com/Encyclopedia/EnclopK.asp   (1949 words)

  
 The Questionable Interrogative Pronouns
Relative pronouns are those which introduce relative dependent clauses, such as I know where you live or Fred knows what you said; even Where you live isn't important.
Fill in the Correct Form of the Pronouns to the Left
Since interrogative pronouns are naturally drawn to the beginning of the sentence, they almost always begin with a capital letter.
http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/interrog.html   (805 words)

  
 English 326
at 2/28/103 1:42 PM Interrogative pronouns appear in questions (direct like "Which is the one?" or indirect "I asked which is the one").
The pronouns must be in questions where the answer provides a referent to "which".
at 2/28/103 1:45 PM If the "which" or "who" refers to some noun or pronoun in the sentence, it is a relative pronoun.
http://www.wsu.edu/~gordonl/S2003/326/28Feb1.htm   (1406 words)

  
 Natural Language Processing with ThoughtTreasure: The semantic component
(1) NP2 is a reflexive pronoun and NP1 governs NP2, (2) NP2 is a nonreflexive pronoun and NP1 does not govern NP2, or (3) NP2 is not a pronoun and NP1 does not c-command NP2.
A context is then displayed in which the pronoun question answering agent found an answer to an interpretation of the question:
Fix intrasentential pronoun resolution in the anaphoric parser, which fails when an anaphor refers to another entity which is also handled by the anaphoric parser, such as a name.
http://www.signiform.com/tt/book/Sem.html   (11502 words)

  
 Classis Latine MXIII: Pronomina
The interrogative pronoun differs in form from the relative only in the instances marked by the asterisks.
[Quae puella est?] rather than [quis puella est?] because [quae] modifies [puella], the function of an ADJECTIVE not of a pronoun.
http://www.uark.edu/depts/latin/pronomina.html   (641 words)

  
 French Grammar Exercises
Improper choice of the interrogative pronoun with a thing that is the direct object of the clause (long form).
Proper choice of the interrogative pronoun with a thing that is the direct object of the clause (long form).
http://www.columbia.edu/~fms5/fint.html   (1443 words)

  
 Difference between the Interrogative pronoun and adjective
The Interrogative pronoun (quis, quid) is different from the interrogative adjective only in the nominative neuter singular.
If you know that you are asking about a woman, then the question "who" is really "what woman", that is, quae femina, that is, you are using an interrogative adjective.
This is called "the non-specific masculine gender." For some thoughts on the controversy about grammatical gender, click here.
http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu/latin/grammar/interrogative_pronoun_adjective.htm   (191 words)

  
 Lagelands Grammar - Pronominal adverbs
This can only be done when the verb in the sentence does not require a preposition.
In the column on the left are examples of sentences where one would use an indefinite pronoun (iets or alles, or niets) with a verb that does not require a preposition (betalen).
Like a pronoun, It is used to refer back to things.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/grammatica/pronominal_adverbs.htm   (928 words)

  
 Pronoun
RELATIVE pronouns are similar to the interrogative pronouns but do not ask a question.
They are used when the speaker wishes to refer to himself or the person to whom he is speaking.
DEMONSTRATIVE pronouns refer to a thing already noted by the speaker, or to indicate a thing clearly.
http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.hitchcock1/page5.htm   (194 words)

  
 Pronouns
A subjective pronoun acts as the subject of a sentence—it performs the action of the verb.
A pronoun "refers to," or directs your thoughts toward, its antecedent.
A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of a sentence.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0885483.html   (336 words)

  
 Tepa Particles
The pronoun =ni is used for referents near the speaker, while =nu is used for referents which are not near the speaker.
Unlike English, one set of pronouns does both jobs in Tepa; their particular interpretation depends on the presence of the interrogative modal particle su.
The set of interrogative and indefinite pronouns is also rather small.
http://www.langmaker.com/featured/tepapart.htm   (1250 words)

  
 Hebrew_Lesson_Seven
In this unit you will learn how interrogative pronouns and adverbs are used in order to ask questions.
Questions may also be introduced by interrogative adverbs.
The vocalization of this interrogative pronoun does not vary: for example,
http://www.andrews.edu/SEM/semtech/HebrewTutorial/lesson_07.htm   (603 words)

  
 Positional Tags: Quick Reference (Czech Morphology)
his, her, its), and number for all three pronouns
Not fenimine (i.e., Masculine animate/inanimate or Neuter); only for (some) pronoun forms and certain numerals
The pronoun he in forms requested after any preposition (with prefix
http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pdt/Morphology_and_Tagging/Doc/hmptagqr.html   (420 words)

  
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It is ASSUMED that all Strong's numbers are correct; these have not all been verified, except in a few cases where errors were corrected during the process.
The verb form "hn" (3s-ixi of 1510) occurs also as a relative pronoun.
Within the forms of the verb "to be" the following cases specifically should be noted: The verb form "h" (3s-pxs of 1510, numbered 2229 by Strong) occurs infrequently, while the definite article, relative pronoun, and disjunctive particle forms of "h" dominate within the Greek NT.
http://www.ccel.org/olb/tolbss/components/txt/tr.txt   (1216 words)

  
 definition of who
As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons?
Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural.
Also, Always, An, And, Animals, Any, Applied, Are, As, Ask, But, Compound, Corresponding, Either, Especially, Etc, In, Interrogative, Later, Less, Meaning, Note, Now, Of, One, Or, Originally, Person, Persons, Plants, Plural, Pronoun, Pronouns, Properly, Question, Rarely, Relative, Relatives, See, Sense, Singular, Sometimes, Substantively, That, The, Things, To, Under, Used, What, Which, Who, Whom, Whosoever
http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/wh/who239758.html   (214 words)

  
 Interrogative and Relative Pronouns
The adjective interrogative pronoun qui, quae, quod is used as a determinative; the answer to it is always an adjective.
The interrogative pronouns are referred to persons, objects and qualities.
The substantive interrogative pronoun quis, (quae), quid is used independently; the answer to it is always a noun.
http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Latin/Grammar/Latin-Pronouns_Interrogative_and_Relative.html   (103 words)

  
 Interrogative Pronouns
‡ Notice that the relative pronoun a is not required after a prepositional pronoun ending in a vowel.
Dè + na (relative pronoun meaning all that) can be used in a similar fashion to Cia mheud to ask How many but also depending on context can be translated as How much :
There are two ways to respond to type 4 and 5 questions above.
http://www.taic.btinternet.co.uk/leasan46.htm   (972 words)

  
 Using a dictionary
In your sentence, "What does Pierre Loti do to make language unclear?", what is an interrrogative pronoun, not a relative pronoun.
Because languages do not correspond word for word, you cannot assume that the French word for what (interrogative pronoun) will be the same as the French word for what (interrrogative adjective) or what (relative pronoun).
As you see, in each case the English what has a different French translation, because in each case it is a different word, and different languages do not group words under sounds/spellings the same way.
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~rberrong/fr33212/usingadictionary.htm   (574 words)

  
 Worksheets - English Grammar - Types of Pronouns
This is the book I wanted to read.
Note: A word that refers to or takes the place of a person, place or thing is called a pronoun.
To learn about different types of pronouns, go to www.ezschool.com/kidspage.html and click on EZTutorials.
http://www.ezschool.com/worksheets/grade5/print_pronouns2.html   (88 words)

  
 The Lancaster/IBM Spoken English Corpus (SEC) Tag-set
Confusingly, this tag is also called WP, but, unlike for LOB, does not imply that the WH-pronoun is interrogative.
For example, the LOB tag pair WP (WH-pronoun, interrogative, nominative or accusative) and WPR (WH-pronoun, relative nominative or accusative) are covered by the same SEC tag.
The the LOB corpus tag-set table should be consulted instead.
http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/amalgam/tagsets/sec.html   (518 words)

  
 Core semantics of value interrogative pronoun
An interrogative pronoun realises the position of a verb argument or of a subordinate sentence in the clause in which it occurs.
Interrogative pronouns can introduce direct or indirect interrogative sentences:
is a syntactic construction of a certain verb occuring in P, such as `demander', then X is an interrogative pronoun (which introduces an embedded interrogative sentence).
http://www.ilc.cnr.it/EAGLES96/elm_fre/node90.html   (159 words)

  
 Untitled Document
In the sentence "Give them to me," the underlined pronoun has which of the following combinations of person, number, and case?
In the sentence "One or the other of them ought to be there," the underlined word is an example of which of the following?
In the sentence "Give me a break," the underlined pronoun is correctly classified as which of the following?
http://www.engl.niu.edu/dhardy/grammarbook/exam1/exam1d.html   (1093 words)

  
 Grammar Guide -- GrammarStation.com
In direct speech, when you want to state who says what, you always place the verb in front of who is doing the talking.
Inversion must be done to form a tag question from a statement by inverting the verb before the subject in the question tag.
Inversion must be done to change a statement into a question.
http://www.grammarstation.com/servlet/GGuide?type=INVVIIUI   (1357 words)

  
 Reading Latin Worksheets: 1D Key
[interrogative adjective: you could use the syncopated form quis instead]
To whom are you (pl.) giving the money?
In what house does the poor man live?
http://duke.usask.ca/~porterj/latin/1Dkey.html   (155 words)

  
 English 381; Grammar and Writing
The turtle (that I mean here) is the one (who used to be in THAT social studies class (that you hated in crade school)).
The pronoun in the tag must match the subject in number.
The pronoun in the tag must match the subject in person.
http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/english/courses/eng381spring2002/test.html   (2850 words)

  
 Instructional Systems Independent Study: Traditional Grammar Course
This drug, (which) may prolong life, will not effect a permanent cure.
The soldier (who) received the medal is very proud of (himself).
Another drought like (this) will destroy the crops.
http://utminers.utep.edu/ajkline/npnquz1k.htm   (279 words)

  
 Pronoms intérrogatifs - French Interrogative Pronouns: Qui / Que
Pronoms intérrogatifs - French Interrogative Pronouns: Qui / Que
(The third interrogative pronoun, lequel, is in a separate lesson due to its uniqueness.) Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions; note that qui and que are also used as relative pronouns.
In this lesson we will learn how to use them as
http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa092099.htm   (430 words)

  
 NOSTRATIC DICTIONARY-PART TWO
For some reason, Bomhard has included "*ma-/*m6- relative pronoun stem" with the interrogative element in #524, for which there is no good reason that I can see.
After seeing some of Bomhard's earlier work, I suggested to him a different method of organizing the entries in his dictionary; he declined.
There are actually two relative pronoun stems reconstructable for Nostratic: *ma, 'mound', 'where', which refers back to nouns of place; and *mo:, 'human', 'who', which refers back to persons.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/NostraticDictionary-2.htm   (12978 words)

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