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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Finding nouns

I am only happy if you are happy; my happiness depends on yours.

Find the nouns.

I thought... I, you, happiness, and yours are all nouns.

But the answer is only happiness is a noun. Why?
  

Top answer

I , you and yours are pronouns.

  • I , you and yours are pronouns.
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I, you and yours are pronouns.
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Some grammarians consider that pronouns can be analysed as NPs (noun phrases), but that does not make them nouns.

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