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What is meant by gender when asked?
Gender: a subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms
How do you make each pronoun agree in number with its antecedent in the the sentence Would everyone please bring their computers to the writing shop?
'Would everyone please bring their computers to the writing shop.'The antecedent is the indefinite pronoun 'everyone', a word that takes the place of an unknown or unnamed number and gender of people; the pronoun 'their' (a possessive adjective) represents any number and gender of people.That is the agreement, an unknown number and gender.
What is opposite gender of gender?
The antonym of the noun 'gender' is genderlessness, a word for the state of having no gender.
Which person and number of pronouns indicates gender?
The person and number do not indicate gender, the noun antecedent determines gender. For example:When George got to 19th Street, he got off the train. (the noun George indicates use of the male personal pronoun)Aunt Mary made her lemon cake for the party. (the noun Aunt Mary indicates use of the female adjective pronoun)The house needs a lot of work, it has a bad roof. (the noun house indicates use of the neuter personal pronoun)
What is the adjective for cautious?
Cautious IS an adjective. An adjective is an action!
How do you determine when to use the feminine or masculine form of an adjective?
The gender of an adjective in Spanish is determined by the gender of the noun it describes. If the noun is feminine, the adjective should be in its feminine form. If the noun is masculine, the adjective should be in its masculine form.
Is female an adjective?
Yes, it is. It can be both a noun or an adjective, referring to the gender of a living thing.
What is the adjective for girl?
The related adjective "girly" might be appropriate, but has a connotation of frilliness.To simply define gender, you can use the adjective female.
What is adjective for girl?
The related adjective "girly" might be appropriate, but has a connotation of frilliness.To simply define gender, you can use the adjective female.
Is eau minérale masculine or feminine in french?
"hydro" is not a noun, it is a prefix, usually to a noun or adjective and does not affect gender. If it is a prefix to a noun, the new noun formed will have the same gender as the original noun. If it is a prefix to an adjective, the noun the adjective refers to will provide the gender. "Hydroélectricité" for example is feminine, because "électricité" is feminine.
Is riche masculine or feminine?
"Riche" is a French adjective that is invariable in gender; it does not change to match the gender of the noun it describes.
IS drole masculine or feminine in french?
"Drôle" is an adjective in French, and adjectives do not have a gender. They take on the gender of the noun they are describing.
Is spotted masculin or femenine in french?
"Spotted" can be a verb which has no gender. "Spotted" can also be an adjective, in which case it will follow the gender of the noun to which it relates.
Is heroine an adjective?
No. Heroine is a noun, a person (the female gender of hero). The same word, heroic, is used as an adjective for heroine or hero.
Is the word it an adjective?
No. "It" is a pronoun, representing a noun whose gender is irrelevant or nonexistent.
What is the adjective noun agreement in Latin?
The adjective and noun agreement rule in Latin requires that a noun and any adjective that modifies must agree in gender, number, and case (but not necessarily ending).
What is the feminine form for unique?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female, such as male and female. The word 'unique' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun. The adjective 'unique' is a neuter word, it has no gender.
