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Complete the following activities.

1.49 What class of words in Modern English retains grammatical gender?

1.50 List the words in this class that show gender.

1.51 How is natural gender shown in English?

1.52 How is the genitive (possessive) case commonly shown in Modern English nouns?

1.53 How do pronouns indicate possession?

1.54 Write the possessive forms of these pronouns. Some words have more than one form.
a. he
b. she
c. it
d. they
e. I
f. we
g. you
h. who

1.55 In Modern English, the objective case is used to denote direct and indirect objects and objects of prepositions. Write the objective forms of the following pronouns.
a. he
b. she
c. it
d. they
e. I
f. we
g. you
h. who



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Final answer:

English pronouns in Modern English do not have grammatical gender; objective case pronouns indicate direct and indirect objects.


Explanation:

Grammatical gender in English is primarily marked in pronouns for 'natural' reference, such as he, him, his, she, her, hers. Unlike many other languages, Modern English does not have grammatical gender corresponding to natural gender.

  1. First-person pronouns: I, we
  2. Second-person pronouns: you
  3. Third-person pronouns: he, she, it, they, who

Objective case in English pronouns denotes direct and indirect objects; examples include me, us, him, her, them.


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