The grave accent is never used before masculine words (nouns, pronouns, etc.); verbs; personal pronouns; numerals, plural nouns without the use of the feminine plural definite article "as" ("the"); city names that do not use a feminine article; the word "casa" ("house") if it has the meaning of one's own home; the word "terra" ("earth") when it has the meaning of soil; and indefinite, personal, relative or demonstrative pronouns (except the third person and "aquele(s)" or "aquela(s)"); between identical nouns such as "dia a dia" "day by day", "everyday", "daily life", "gota a gota" "dropwise", "drip", and "cara a cara" "face to face"; and after prepositions. Here are exceptions: