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All About Pronouns
Pronoun: A pronoun is a word that is used in the place of one or more
nouns. The antecedent is the noun or pronoun that a pronoun refers
to or replaces. Pronouns agree with their antecedents in number,
person, and gender.
TYPES OF PRONOUNS:
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
Personal pronouns are divided into number (singular or plural), case
(subjective/nominative, possessive, or objective), and gender
(masculine, feminine, and neuter).
Personal pronouns can: (1) refer to the person speaking, (2) refer to
the person spoken to, or (3) refer to the person, place, or thing
spoken about.
Subjective case pronouns can be used as subjects and predicate
pronouns.
Objective case pronouns can be used as direct objects, indirect
objects, or objects of a preposition.
(1) First person: Subjective: I, we……..Objective: me, us
(2) Second person: Subjective: you…...Objective: you
(3) Third Person: Subjective: he, she, it, they…..Objective: him,
her, it, them
Possessive pronouns are also a category of personal pronouns.
They show ownership.
(1) First person: my, *mine, our, *ours
(2) Second person: your,* yours
(3) Third person: his, her, *hers, *its, their,* theirs
The asterisks indicate pronouns that can stand alone.
REFLEXIVE and INTENSIVE PRONOUNS:
A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and directs the action of the
verb back to the subject. Reflexive pronouns are necessary to the
meaning of a sentence. Without them, the sentence does not make
sense. An intensive pronoun emphasizes the noun or pronoun within
the same sentence. They are NOT necessary to the meaning of the
sentence.
Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and
themselves
There are no such words as hisself and theirselves!
Example: We did the work by ourselves. (Reflexive)
Example: We ourselves did the work. (Intensive)
RELATIVE PRONOUNS:
Relative pronouns begin adjective clauses (think complex
sentences!).
Who
Whose
Whom That
Which
Example: The teacher who teaches pronouns loves grammar.
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS:
Demonstrative pronouns point out a person, place, thing, or idea.
These pronouns are used alone in a sentence. Never use here or
there with a demonstrative pronoun.
This
that
these
those
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS:
Interrogative pronouns are used to introduce a question.
Who
whose
whom
which
that
Who is always used as a subject or predicate pronoun.
Example: Who has the suntan lotion?
The lifeguard is who?
Whom is always used as an object.
Example: Whom did the lifeguard rescue? (used as a direct object)
With whom will you walk on the beach? (used as the object
of the preposition with)
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS:
Indefinite pronouns do not refer to a specific person, place, thing, or
idea. They often do not have antecedents.
SINGULAR INDEFINITE PRONOUNS:
another
each
everything
one
anybody
either
neither
someone
anyone everybody
nobody
something
anything everyone
No one
somebody
PLURAL INDEFINITE PRONOUNS:
both
few
many
several
SINGULAR OR PLURAL INDEFINITE PRONOUNS:
all
any
most
none
some
Use a singular personal pronoun to refer to a singular indefinite
pronoun. Use his or her when the antecedent could be either
masculine or feminine. Example: Everyone turned his or her eyes to
Cape Canaveral for the space shuttle liftoff.
Use a plural personal pronoun to refer to a plural indefinite pronoun.
Example: Several of the witnesses covered their eyes in fear.
Some indefinite pronouns can be either singular or plural. Often, the
phrase that follows the indefinite pronoun tells you whether the
indefinite pronoun is singular or plural.
Example: (SINGULAR) All of the flight went according to its
schedule.
Example: (PLURAL) All of the flights went according to their
schedules.