Q: 3 Write a note on:
(In 300 words each)
A Homonyms
B. Articles as determiners
C. Causal relation
Answers
Homonyms
Homonyms are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings. The word "homonym" comes from the prefix "homo-," which means the same, and the suffix "-nym," which means name. Therefore, a homonym is a word that has the same name as another word, meaning that the two words look and sound exactly alike.
A simple example of a homonym is the word "pen." This can mean both "a holding area for animals" and "a writing instrument." Another example is "book," which can mean "something to read" or "the act of making a reservation." In both cases, the sound and spelling are the same, and only the definition changes.
Homonym Examples
Here are 30 more examples of homonyms. Note that some homonyms have more than two meanings (for example, "tender" can also mean sensitive, easily chewed, or even refer to chicken strips), but to keep things simple we've only included two in our homonyms list:
Address - to speak to / location
Air - oxygen / a lilting tune
Arm - body part / division of a company
Band - a musical group / a ring
Bark - a tree's out layer / the sound a dog makes
Bat - an implement used to hit a ball / a nocturnal flying mammal
Bright - very smart or intelligent / filled with light
Circular - taking the form of a circle / a store advertisement
Current - up to date / flow of water
Die - to cease living / a cube marked with numbers one through six
Express - something done fast / to show your thoughts by using words
Fair - equitable / beautiful
Jag - a sharp, jutted object / a crying spree
Kind - type / caring
Lie - to recline / to tell a falsehood
Match - to pair like items / a stick for making a flame
Mean - average / not nice
Pole - a person from Poland / a piece of metal that holds a flag
Pound - unit of weight / to beat
Quarry - a site for mining stone / to extract or obtain slowly
Ream - a pile of paper / to juice a citrus fruit
Ring - a band on a finger / something circular in shape
Right - correct / direction opposite of left
Rock - a genre of music / a stone
Rose - to have gotten up / a flower
Spring - a season / coiled metal
Stalk - a part of a plant / to follow or harass someone
Tender - gentle / offer of money
Tire - to grow fatigued / a part of a wheel
Well - in good health / a source for water in the ground
Articles as determiners
What is a determiner? Simply put, in English, a determiner is a word that introduces a noun. It always comes before a noun, not after, and it also comes before any other adjectives used to describe the noun.
Determiners are required before a singular noun but are optional when it comes to introducing plural nouns. For example, consider the placement and usage of the common determiner the in the sentences below:
The bunny went home.
I ate the chocolate cookie for dessert.
Metal cans are recyclable.
The metal cans are recyclable.
In every example, the determiner is placed before the noun or noun phrase, regardless of whether the noun in the subject or predicate. In the first example, it comes directly before the noun, but in the second example, it comes before the adjective ("chocolate") that describes the noun ("cookie").
casual relation
Casual dating or a casual relationship is a physical and emotional relationship between two people who may have casual sex or a near-sexual relationship without necessarily demanding or expecting the additional commitments of a more formal romantic relationship. Motives for casual relationships vary. There are significant gender and cultural differences in acceptance of and breadth of casual relationships, as well as in regrets about action/inaction in those relationships.
Casual dating may or may not entail partner-exclusivity. In each case, the relationship's dominance in the lives of those involved is being voluntarily limited, and there is usually a sense that the relationship is intended to endure only so long as both parties wish it to. Casual relationships sometimes include mutual support, affection and enjoyment, which underpin other forms of loving relationship.
A casual relationship is sometimes referred to as a "no strings attached" relationship.