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  • Nouns | Types of Nouns | Function of Abstract Nouns | 4 tips to identify Nouns
    A fantastic lesson on Nouns. A quick and easy introduction to four types of nouns.
    Four super tips on how to identify a noun by using articles, adjectives, possessive adjectives and demonstrative adjectives. Identifying the gerund as a noun.
    Understanding all the functions of an Abstract noun. Using noun endings to make powerful abstract nouns.
    How punctuation changes the type of noun from common to proper noun and vice versa.
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  • @arifsalim9942
    @arifsalim9942 3 года назад +3

    What a beautiful speech my daughter learned erverygood thing from grammar it's nice to have these videos in yi uTube

  • @deepakmahulkar5454
    @deepakmahulkar5454 10 месяцев назад

    I have been listening to your videos not once but repeatedly. it strengthens my foundation. There is no age bar to listen to you.

  • @usharamaswamy3948
    @usharamaswamy3948 4 года назад +3

    Thank! Everytime I revisit this lesson, I discover a new nugget!

  • @ruchitamathur8606
    @ruchitamathur8606 10 месяцев назад

    Such an amazing teacher you are ma'am 😊 I have learnt so many new things from your grammer lessons on RUclips. Never have I ever come across someone teaching all these concepts in such a simple way.. Please continue making these grammar related videos 🙏

  • @emekachiudo3497
    @emekachiudo3497 4 года назад

    Great Video... You make English so easy. The teacher I wish I had. Great to have found you here though. God bless you madam.

  • @munirazakir8603
    @munirazakir8603 2 года назад +1

    Hello ma'am. I'm a great fan of yours ma'am 😊
    The manner in which you teach is excellent!
    Thank you for making these videos ma'am.

  • @poonammehta8202
    @poonammehta8202 2 года назад

    Excellent Teaching

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 2 года назад

    Education = equality. Motherhood . Great job you do.

  • @dilipkumar7208
    @dilipkumar7208 3 года назад +1

    Ma'am u are a very good teacher and your way of teaching is great .. thank you mam for so good videos

  • @pragatipatnaik3085
    @pragatipatnaik3085 Год назад

    A perfect teacher!!🙏

  • @jayaraomukiri3205
    @jayaraomukiri3205 Год назад

    Good teaching .Thank you madam.

  • @prachishah9425
    @prachishah9425 2 года назад

    Mam, your videos are remarkable , very knowledgeable. Love to listen to your voice and your diction.
    Mam, please guide what is river, pond , ocean …. Is it place or thing?

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      Thank you. I think, they are common nouns and things. But they refer to places. If I say: The river was dirty, then its a thing. If I say: Meet me at the river, then I am referring to a place. Then again if i say river bird then it is an adjective. So always check the context.

  • @pragatipatnaik3085
    @pragatipatnaik3085 Год назад

    Superlative!!!🙏

  • @rashidakhumusi5733
    @rashidakhumusi5733 2 года назад

    It was very easy to understand

  • @snigdhahait
    @snigdhahait 3 года назад +1

    I have no words to tell you ma'am how nicely you explain! I am in love with the vocabulary you choose. So much to learn in just 21 minutes ❤️❤️

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 года назад +1

      It's my pleasure Snigdha. So glad you enjoyed it.

    • @3.sreejachowdhury222
      @3.sreejachowdhury222 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@TheMindspringsEnglishTeachermam please start from julius kindly upload act 2 scene ii act 3 scene iii in your RUclips channel. 😊

  • @apparaopatrudu9640
    @apparaopatrudu9640 Год назад

    I'm passionate to your teaching, madam.

  • @payelk8866
    @payelk8866 4 года назад +2

    Speechless................. our passion
    Thanks
    😍

  • @garimaisthebest7381
    @garimaisthebest7381 4 года назад +1

    I really love the way you teach. You cover all relevant details which are
    fruitful for young learners.

  • @laluverma5738
    @laluverma5738 2 года назад

    Thanks ma'am 🙏

  • @ggfriiiuu
    @ggfriiiuu 4 года назад +1

    your all videos are stupendous...can't miss watching it!

  • @parvathisumesh580
    @parvathisumesh580 2 года назад

    Thankyou Ma'am

  • @rashidakhumusi5733
    @rashidakhumusi5733 2 года назад

    Thank you so much mam

  • @aarushi8570
    @aarushi8570 4 года назад +4

    ma'am you teach really well. You are a marvellous and a fantastic teacher. But I recommend to also upload exersises on your website.
    THANK YOU!!!
    Aarushi
    Grade 6th

  • @adityajajoo4467
    @adityajajoo4467 2 года назад +1

    Hello mam I am ruchir I met you in nms school Chittorgarh with my mother ridhi jajoo
    I was usually 6 or 7 years old

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      How lovely! I am so happy you remember me. Good luck Aditya.

    • @adityajajoo4467
      @adityajajoo4467 2 года назад

      Mam I am ruchir as you know actually it is my fathers mobile his name is aditya

  • @rashidakhumusi5733
    @rashidakhumusi5733 2 года назад

    Mam my exam is coming and I was having a doubt in abstract noun and you have solve my biggest problem

  • @seapanshverma5ggn404
    @seapanshverma5ggn404 3 года назад +1

    thanku mam

  • @Drishti_427
    @Drishti_427 3 года назад

    I have understood your explanation it's very clear and easy understand there was test and got good marks thankyou mam 😊😊

  • @lavanyamanikandan4143
    @lavanyamanikandan4143 2 года назад +1

    To get thorough with phrases and clauses and it's types, which book do I have to read? I'm in grade 8. Mam please help me with this question. Last week, the flights were delayed due to bad weather (frequently). Should place the adverb in the proper position. Where should I place it? Between the auxiliary verb and main verb or after the main verb? Thank you mam!

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      The beauty of an adverb, and indeed one way to identify it, is that it can be placed anywhere in the sentence. It is a movable part of speech. So put it wherever you like.
      As for books. You should buy Language with Ease starting from Grade 4 through to 7 and do the exercises. We will soon be putting up answer keys on kindle. This is the only way you will strengthen grammar, vocabulary and writing. The books are available on our website: www.mindsprings.in

  • @pankajinidash3423
    @pankajinidash3423 3 года назад

    Thanks ma'am.u r outstanding.

  • @saidaiahgudise5723
    @saidaiahgudise5723 4 года назад +1

    Awesome teaching

  • @anooshali34
    @anooshali34 2 года назад +1

    Mam agr hamare paas word ha "wide"to wo b to hm daikh nhi sakte to wo adjective hoga ya abtract noun???Mam agr is tara k adj hen jinhen hm daikh na sake to wo adj abstract noun hon ge ???

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      'wide' ek descriptive word hai jiske baad ek noun lagta hai jaise ki: wide bench, wide space. Abstract noun hai 'width'.
      In Hindi, the difference is between 'chawda' and 'chawdaai'
      Aap dekhni ki mat sochiye, aap concept ki sochiye. wide bench hum dekh sakte hai, par "width" us 'wide' wali quality ko diya gaya naam hai. Abstract.

  • @anilmanwani1734
    @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

    Mam can you make video on explanation of comma where we use comma in sentence

  • @susheelkadikar8989
    @susheelkadikar8989 3 года назад

    Explanation in a most simple way.🙏

  • @ryanshah7347
    @ryanshah7347 4 года назад

    You are so intellectual, Why don't you try for KBC

  • @sumedhasamangadkar8695
    @sumedhasamangadkar8695 4 года назад +1

    I need some more lectures on abstract noun.

  • @reenawangsa8598
    @reenawangsa8598 3 года назад

    Want to learn more about preposition mam

  • @MrJACOB1956
    @MrJACOB1956 3 года назад

    Hats off to you ma'am! No words for you!

  • @edashishasariang1885
    @edashishasariang1885 3 года назад

    I adore your teaching ma'am. Thank you ma'am

  • @tasneemvadnagarwala5933
    @tasneemvadnagarwala5933 4 года назад +1

    Very useful and informative as always!.Looking forward to a detailed session on abstract nouns.

  • @rashidakhumusi5733
    @rashidakhumusi5733 2 года назад

    Plzzz make a video on Noun Phrase

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      Here you go: ruclips.net/video/gQR3bO0Ey6k/видео.html
      Also see this one:
      ruclips.net/video/u_fnl2uS5MY/видео.html

  • @bhartibhat997
    @bhartibhat997 4 года назад +1

    Mam please give a lesson on Reported speech.will be really helpful..

  • @123umaraja
    @123umaraja 4 года назад

    Excellent teaching madam

  • @dr.sangitasarma1032
    @dr.sangitasarma1032 2 года назад

    please make videos on all the grammar topics of cbse grade 9 and 10

  • @anilmanwani1734
    @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

    Mam in the below sentence possessive pronoun is "yours" and and how we change in possesive adjective becuse the possesive adjective is also yours

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      possessive adjective is not 'yours', it is 'your'. (your bag).
      The only common words shared between possessive adjective and possessive pronoun is 'his' and 'its'

    • @anilmanwani1734
      @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

      Thank you Mam

  • @ReyJr.Miranda12
    @ReyJr.Miranda12 2 года назад

    Ma'am is the noun FAMILY an abstract noun or not?family is example of collective noun but some nouns can be any noun sometimes,just like chair,chair is concrete noun and can also be common noun,how about family?is family an abstract noun?plss Ma'am I really need to clear my confusion

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      Family and chair are common nouns. Chair is not a concrete noun - wood is. Concrete means material not thing. Abstracts are attitudes, emotions, feelings and ideas. Family is a collective for a group of people. If family had a quality of familiness (we don't have this) then that 'quality' would be an abstract noun, like happiness, sorrow, democracy, friendship etc. I hope this is clear.

  • @pragatipatnaik3085
    @pragatipatnaik3085 Год назад

    Ma'am, is English an adjective in the word ' English book'?

  • @bandanasharma5356
    @bandanasharma5356 2 года назад

    Match and contest --- are these two nouns abstract nouns ma'm?

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      No they are common nouns. They are events. An abstract noun is a feeling (depression), an idea (conspiracy) , an institution (democracy).

  • @harithanair5345
    @harithanair5345 2 года назад

    Hello ma'am,
    How a dog cant be a proper noun?
    Also how seasons are common nouns?

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      A dog is a common animal. There are many dogs, so not proper. If it has a name like Tommy that will be a proper noun.
      Seasons are again a common natural phenomenon. So their names also are common occurrences. Sometimes we use capitals for some natural phenomena but they are still common nouns.
      Check when in doubt. This is no big deal. Be more concerned about spoken English grammar for English.

  • @ggfriiiuu
    @ggfriiiuu 4 года назад

    we have taught subjects will be proper noun.

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  4 года назад

      Not always. A common noun, collective noun, an abstract noun or a pronoun or any other determiner, or an impersonal pronoun e.g. It can all be subjects.

  • @keerthikab529
    @keerthikab529 3 года назад

    Maam we have nouns at 8th standard also its the basic one

  • @karnnjadhav3011
    @karnnjadhav3011 3 года назад

    Maam is GOD an abstract noun or a proper noun ?

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 года назад +1

      God is a common noun. It is neither a special name (as in Jesus, Allah, or Ram which are proper); nor is it an abstract noun (as in feeling, idea, institution) It is interpreted in many ways, although it may be special for each person.

  • @gajrarajput870
    @gajrarajput870 2 года назад

    hello mam,
    plz explain spoca

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      It is just another name for the SVOCA (subject, verb (called predicator) object, complement, adverbial. It analyses the 5 elements of a sentence. You should look at my video on Phrases. But yes I can do one on this again.

  • @sumathyvini4184
    @sumathyvini4184 5 лет назад +1

    Mam can u teach us the formation of parts of speech

  • @anilmanwani1734
    @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

    Then Mam 'I' is subject in this sentence and the remaining part are predicate. And one more question in this sentence is that 'to attend' is imposter verb or helping verb.

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      Yes, I is the subject and am plus the rest is predicate.
      to + verb is always infinitive not helping verb. Helping verb will have a main verb after it like is going, has come, will take etc. where the first part helps to make the tense.

    • @anilmanwani1734
      @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

      Thank you Mam

  • @nehapareek5202
    @nehapareek5202 Год назад

    Good evening ma'am
    I am confused with whether sun or earth are common or proper noun.

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  Год назад

      Both. Depending on how you use them. Proper if capitalised and referring to our planet. Common if not capitalised and you are talking of earth as in soil and rock, or moon and sun as part of many heavely bodies.

    • @nehapareek5202
      @nehapareek5202 Год назад

      @@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher Grade 5, week 12 day 5, the sentence is:
      The sun rose majestically in the east in all its golden brilliance over the splendid towering Himalayas.
      sun and east are not capitalized in the key, and they are mentioned as nouns. Type is not given.

  • @jahanzaib7730
    @jahanzaib7730 8 месяцев назад

    hi maam, i want to say can you take online classes

  • @TheGrammarGimmicks
    @TheGrammarGimmicks 4 года назад +1

    Mam, please write a grammar book for Competitive exams.

  • @debaratiroychoudhury2909
    @debaratiroychoudhury2909 3 месяца назад

    Good morning ma'am.Why haven't u introduced Material Noun. Usually in book we see Material Noun.
    E.g- He drinks water. Here water is material.n.
    The water of the Ganga is sacred. - will water become common n. here?

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 месяца назад

      You can call it material noun as a branch of common nouns. No problem. I have stuck with 4 nouns as in the future the material noun creates no complications. So the label is immaterial.

  • @Ranjitkumar-ut4nj
    @Ranjitkumar-ut4nj 4 года назад +1

    U r not Usha but P.T.Usha of English
    Keep it up

  • @traptilodha336
    @traptilodha336 4 года назад +1

    Please make a video on how to write a inscription

  • @pampokes2855
    @pampokes2855 5 лет назад +1

    mam pls make videos on verb right from its basics. no good videos are avlble on youtube

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  5 лет назад +2

      I've done one on naming verbs with special accent on active and passive identification. Verbs is a big unit. But I will do one on basics. Thanks for your request Pam.

    • @pampokes2855
      @pampokes2855 5 лет назад +1

      @@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      Thanks Madam for the reply. i will go thru it . it is a request to make some good videos exclusively on Verbs right from the basics. Your video on Noun was excellent simple to understand and with a new insight unlike others who talks more(blah blah), explain less and at the end leaves you more confused.
      Will be waiting eagerly for your videos to get a better understanding of verbs.

  • @pragatipatnaik3085
    @pragatipatnaik3085 Год назад

    Madam,🙏
    I have a doubt about collective noun. Suppose the question is to pick out the collective noun in the sentence and the sentence is" A herd of cattle is grazing in the field". Ma'am, my question is can it be devided in to two nouns like 'herd' a collective noun and 'cattle' a common noun or collectively one can say ' herd of cattle' a collective noun? Please ma'am clarify my doubt🙏

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  Год назад +1

      Collective noun is 'herd' not 'herd of cattle'. Uou can also have a herd of buffalos or a herd of elephants /cows etc. We can use it alone as the herd came down the hill.

    • @pragatipatnaik3085
      @pragatipatnaik3085 Год назад

      Tnx a lot for clarifying the doubts ma'am.

  • @anilmanwani1734
    @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

    Mam, in sentence (could you please ask for a better seat yours is not good ) please is which part of speech

  • @batulcalcuttawala4626
    @batulcalcuttawala4626 3 года назад

    Mam i just had a little doubt , what is the difference between a verb and a gerund. I would be really grateful if you clarify this .
    Batul.Calcuttawala
    Grade 7

  • @manishkumarpradhan8176
    @manishkumarpradhan8176 4 года назад

    Is to+verb can be a noun?

  • @anilmanwani1734
    @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

    Mam, is the plural of 'grass' is 'grasses' or its only 'grass'?

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      Plural is also grass (uncountable) The cow was fed grass. Singular a blade of grass. But if you are talking of different types of grasses then you use grasses.

    • @anilmanwani1734
      @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

      Thank you Mam

  • @anilmanwani1734
    @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

    I'm certainly leaving for Delhi to attend Bina's wedding. This sentence is from your language with ease book grade 4 in this sentence what is the subject and predicate in this sentence.

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      Simple. Find the verb. The verb plus everything after it is the predicate. What is before the verb is the subject. So you tell me what is the verb? All Grade 4 students should easily find it if they have done my books from grade 1 so far.

    • @anilmanwani1734
      @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

      Then Mam 'I' is subject in this sentence and the remaining part are predicate. And one more question in this sentence is that 'to attend' is imposter verb or helping verb.

  • @tanyabangia7505
    @tanyabangia7505 Год назад

    Mam mind me konsa noun hoga?

  • @ggfriiiuu
    @ggfriiiuu 4 года назад

    Mam all subjects are common nouns? please clarify

  • @ssrkchaudhary7888
    @ssrkchaudhary7888 4 года назад +1

    Madam, I have a doubt, that is; what is the difference between ' Coolly ' and ' Coldly ' ? Please try to make me understand about it. I hope you will try to reply as soon as possible. I will be looking forward to your reply.

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  4 года назад +5

      Sorry for missing this query. Coolly and coldly are both adverbs. Coldly is about being emotionless or being apathetic. Cool is used in modern English to show a carefree or fashionable attitude or cool can be calm and collected. Hence the adverb will show you these attitudes.

  • @anilmanwani1734
    @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

    Mam, these sentences are from language with ease class 4 book (1- Paula keeps her hats in three large new triangular green boxes.) (2- her eyes were small alert almond-shaped and blue.) (3- the women carried a rectangular gold khadi-silk bag.) Can we put comma between every adjective because all adjective are different category, so comma come between them

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      I know. If you read the question carefully, it asks you if the adjectives are interchangeable. If yes, put commas except for the one just before the noun. If no, do not put commas.

    • @anilmanwani1734
      @anilmanwani1734 2 года назад

      Thank you Mam

  • @jeevanverma1634
    @jeevanverma1634 3 года назад +1

    Please

  • @judgeshrikrishnadagliya6753
    @judgeshrikrishnadagliya6753 3 года назад

    👏🏼🙏🏻

  • @nishisharma9785
    @nishisharma9785 4 года назад +1

    Ma'am how to teach kids to identify noun.

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  4 года назад +1

      Noun is a name, place, animal or thing. Get them to play the game. Make them do a sentence a day and id nouns daily.

  • @munirazakir8603
    @munirazakir8603 2 года назад

    Ma'am I have a query in the language with ease grade 5 there's a question to answer orally. It's something like this.
    Week 16 Day 1
    If your brother continues with this kind of behaviour he will surely be put in jail someday said prabhu to Mala.
    Pick out the indefinite pronoun and make it a definite noun.
    Pls guide ma'am.

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  2 года назад

      The indefinite pronoun is 'someday'. Not sure. The time here is vague.
      The definite would be a specific day like 'on Friday'.

    • @munirazakir8603
      @munirazakir8603 2 года назад

      @@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher Thank you so much ma'am for the prompt response. 😊

  • @priyavish9624
    @priyavish9624 3 года назад

    Ma'am, Does German Shepherd become a Proper or Common Noun?

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 года назад +1

      Common noun. If the dog has a name like Rocky, then that is a proper noun.

    • @priyavish9624
      @priyavish9624 3 года назад

      @@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher Thank you ma'am for responding so quickly. Your classes are awesome.

  • @karnnjadhav3011
    @karnnjadhav3011 3 года назад +2

    Really liked your awareness 😂 I played the name place animal thing game too uptil now in the 12th std where my studies have bought me back to square one

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 года назад +1

      Yes Unfortunately, I can believe that. I have a grammar series called Language with Ease which your school probably did not do with you. Sad.

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 года назад +1

      By the way, check my playlist for a lot of grade 12 prose and poetry videos from you books.

    • @karnnjadhav3011
      @karnnjadhav3011 3 года назад

      @@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher already half way through your grammar playlist maam. Fortunate to have this opportunity to learn from you 😁

  • @padmapriyauppalapati2938
    @padmapriyauppalapati2938 3 года назад

    "On average" or "On an average" which is correct? Pls clarify.

  • @rizwansiddique3724
    @rizwansiddique3724 4 года назад +2

    Punjab is proper noun. Then why do we say Bank of the Punjab or University of The Punjab instead of Bank of Punjab or University of Punjab. Thank You!

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  4 года назад +2

      We do not say Bank of the Punjab exactly the way we would not say the house of the Rizwan. Proper nouns are not prefaced with articles, unless they are a union or group like The United States of America.

  • @archanatiwari1170
    @archanatiwari1170 3 года назад

    mam i have one doubt that type of noun are 5 but its is only 4 type of noun so where is materail noun

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 года назад

      I club it with common. But if you want to use another category, you can call wood, plastic, paper, metal material nouns. It is merely a category.

  • @ankurseth6739
    @ankurseth6739 3 года назад

    Dear Mam,
    Can an activity noun (say search) be the subject of an active voice sentence? Specifically do both the below sentences exhibit correct use of active and passive voice to express SAME logical meaning?
    Sentence 1: Although no success was achieved for five days, the military commander said the search for the terrorists would persist.
    Sentence 2: Although no success was achieved for five days, the military commander said the search for the terrorists would be persisted.

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 года назад +1

      Ankur I don't know where you get these terms like 'activity noun' from. It is extending the categories of nouns endlessly. I almost mistook the term for a gerund. The meaning of a word might suggest activity but you cannot name it with a grammatical term that is not generic or universal. It is misleading.
      The search, the swim, the find, the jump etc. are all nouns. The presence of the article deems them to be so. These can be subjects of passive voice as they are essentially objects of the actions of someone. e.g. The search was recorded by the archaeologists.
      Such nouns can come in the subject position only where the verbs are linking verbs and take an adjective as subject complement. The search became difficult. This clearly cannot be put to passive.
      In your examples, the second sentence is grammatically wrong.
      Next time, I do a course on grammar course, join up. You have too many doubts.

    • @ankurseth6739
      @ankurseth6739 3 года назад

      @@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher thank you

  • @thethoughtsoftejas2456
    @thethoughtsoftejas2456 3 года назад

    My English grammar teacher is the worst. she tells everyone that she is going to start a new lesson and then explains a bit that's not even clear and then she starts doing all the exercises she is the worst.

  • @batulcalcuttawala4626
    @batulcalcuttawala4626 3 года назад

    Mam should not say but u have made an terrible mistake loyer is not an abstract noun

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 года назад

      loyer? There is no such word in English.

    • @batulcalcuttawala4626
      @batulcalcuttawala4626 3 года назад

      @@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher i am sorry it might be a typo i meant lawyer

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 года назад +1

      @@batulcalcuttawala4626 Always be humble my dear. Don't jump up and down when you catch a slip. Exactly as your fingers "slipped" on your keyboard, my tongue can slip. BUT here is bad news for you. It is not at all a "terrible mistake" as you gleefully called it. It is perfectly correct. So calm down. I am talking of endings of nouns here, not abstract nouns. I have used doctor and pianist too, did you notice? Now it is your turn to give me an apology. btw I can and do make mistakes (I'm human). You try talking to a camera for 25 minutes on a complex subject and see how you go.

    • @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher
      @TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher  3 года назад +1

      And while I am at you, concentrate more on your own English. Your original comment was: Mam you should not say but you have made a terrible mistake... This is what is terrible as mistakes go. It should have been: Ma'am I should not be saying this, but you seem to have made a terrible mistake.... (that would have been more polite as well)