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=== yesterday === | === yesterday === | ||
** adverb or noun | * in general, an adverb or noun used to describe | ||
*** usually used as an adverb | * ''adverb'' or ''noun'' | ||
** used specifically = the day before today | |||
** also used to indicate "the past" | |||
*** as in "Yesterday, things were better" | |||
* usually used as an adverb | |||
** as adverb: when used to indicate when an action happened, it is an adverb | ** as adverb: when used to indicate when an action happened, it is an adverb | ||
*** ex. "Yesterday I went to the park." | *** ex. "Yesterday I went to the park." ("yesterday describes/ modifies the verb "went") | ||
** as noun: when used as a subject or object of a verb | *** or, "The big event happened yesterday" ("yesterday" describes/ modifies the verb "happened") | ||
*** ex. "Yesterday was fun!" | ** as noun: when used as a subject or object (of a verb or preposition) it is a noun | ||
*** or, " | *** ex. "Yesterday was fun!" ("yesterday" is the subject of the linking verb "was") | ||
*** or, "He thought fondly on yesterday" ("yesterday" = object of the preposition "on") | |||
* ''today, last week, tomorrow, next week, last month, last year'', etc. have similar grammatical forms to "yesterday" as adverb (usually) or noun | |||
** ''later'' and ''now'' are adverbs | ** ''later'' and ''now'' are adverbs | ||
=== you === | |||
* in general, 2nd person singular or plural pronoun | |||
** indicates a person or persons a speaker addresses | |||
*** "Heh, you!" | |||
*** "You look great!" | |||
* ''pronoun'' | |||
** as singular pronoun, indicates one person being addressed or mentioned | |||
** as plural pronoun, indicates more than one person being addressed or mentioned | |||
* origin of "you" | |||
** from Old English "''thou''" (dative and accusative cases) | |||
** or "''ye''" (objective case) | |||
== Categories == | == Categories == | ||