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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Noun identification

What are the nouns in this sentence? Marcy's mother is busy in the kitchen.

Is "Marcy's" a part of the noun phrase "mother", "Marcy's mother" or is "Marcy's" a proper adjective describing the noun "mother". This is part of my second grade daughter's homework and I am stuck.
  

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Hi; A noun is a person, place or thing. So are there any people, places or things in the sentence? Note: a noun is put in the possessive case by adding -'s Proper adjectives are adjectives that have an initial capital, such as American .

— AlpheccaStars

  • Hi; A noun is a person, place or thing.
  • So are there any people, places or things in the sentence?
  • Note: a noun is put in the possessive case by adding -'s Proper adjectives are adjectives that have an initial capital, such as American .
  • I hope this gets you unstuck - If you are still stuck, please reply!
  • Regards, A- s
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Hi;

A noun is a person, place or thing.

So are there any people, places or things in the sentence?

Note: a noun is put in the possessive case by adding -'s
Proper adjectives are adjectives that have an initial capital, such as American.

I hope this gets you unstuck - If you are still stuck, please reply!

Regards,
A-
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Thank you for responding so quickly. I am still stuck. Should my daughter cirle Marcy's mother as the noun or just mother.
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Marcy is a proper noun (in possessive case)
Mother is another (different) noun, and there is one more noun in the sentence.

Regards,
A-
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