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PRONOUN
-APRONOUN CAN REPLACE A NOUN
OR “ANOTHER PRONOUN. YOU USE
PRONOUNS LIKE “HE, “WHICH”,
“NONE”, AND “YOU” TO MAKE YOUR
SENTENCES LESS CUMBERSOME AND
LESS REPETITIVE
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
A PERSONAL PRONOUN
REFERS TO A SPECIFIC
PERSON OR THING AND
CHANGES ITS FORM TO
INDICATE PERSON,
NUMBER, GENDER, AND
CASE
OBJECTIVE PERSONAL
PRONOUN
IT INDICATES THAT THE PRONOUN IS
ACTING AS AN OBJECT OF A VERB,
COMPOUND VERB, PREPOSITION, OR
INFINITIVE PHRASE. OBJECTIVE
PERSONAL PRONOUNS ARE:”ME”,
“YOU”, “HER”, “HIM”, “IT”, “US”, “YOU”,
AND “THEM”
EXAMPLE: Seamus stole the selkei’s
skin and forced her to live with him.
POSSESSIVE PERSONAL
PRONOUNS
IT INDICATES THAT THE PRONOUN IS
ACTING AS A MARKER OF POSSESSION
AND DEFINES WHO OWNS A
PARTICULAR OBJECT OR
PERSON.POSSESSIVE PERSONAL
PRONOUNS ARE “MINE”,”YOURS”,
“HERS”, “HIS”, “ITS”, “OURS”, AND
“THEIRS”.
EXAMPLE: The smallest gift is mine.
DEMONSTRATIVE
PRNOUNS
DEMONSTRATIVE PRNOUNS POINTS TO AND
IDENTIFIES A NOUN OR A PRONOUN. “THIS”,
AND “THESE” REFER TO A THING THAT ARE
NEARBY EITHER IN SPACE OR IN TIME, WHILE
“THAT” AND “THOSE” REFER TO A THINGS
THAT ARE FARTHER AWAY IN SPACE OR TIME.
“THIS”,”THESE” ARE USED TO REFER TO
SINGULAR NOUNS OR NOUN PHRASES AND
“THESE”, “THOSE” ARE USED TO REFER PLURAL
NOUNS AND NOUN PHRASES.
EXAMPLE: This is puny; that is the tree I want
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
IT USED TO ASK QUESTIONS. INTERROGATIVE
PRONOUNS ARE “WHO”, “WHICH”, “WHOM”,
“WHAT” AND THE COMPOUNDS FORMED WITH
THE SUFFIX “EVER”(WHOEVER, WHOMEVER,
WHICHEVER, AND WHATEVER)
“WHO”,”WHOM”,AND OCCAASIONALY “WHICH”
USED TO REFER PEOPLE, AND “WHICH” AND
“WHAT” USED TO REFER TO THINGS AND TO
ANIMALS.
“WHO” ACTS AS THE SUBJECT OF A VERB,
“WHOM” ACTS AS THE OBJECT OF A VERB OR A
PREPOSITION OR A VERBAL.
EXAMPLE;
-Which wants to see the
dentist first?
-Who wrote the novel
Rockbound?
-Whom do you think we
should invite?
RELATIVE
PRONOUN
USED TO LINK ONE PHRASE OR CLAUSE
TO ANOTHER PHRASE OR CLASUE.
RELATIVE PRONOUNS ARE; “WHO”,
“WHOM”, “THAT”, AND “WHICH”. THE
COMPOUNDS “WHOEVER”,
“WHOMEVER”,AND “WHICHEVER” ARE
ALSO RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
EXAMPLE; You may invite
whomever you like to the party.
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
IS A PRONOUN REFERRING TO AN IDENTIFIABLE BUT
NOT SPECIFIED PERSON OR THING. IT CONVEYS THE
IDEA OF ALL, ANY, NONE, OR SOME.
MOST COMMON INDEFINITE PRONOUNS ARE “ALL”,
“ANOTHER”, “ANY”, “ANYBODY”, “ANYONE”,
“ANYTHING”, “EACH”, “EVERYBODY”, “EVERYTHING”,
“FEW”, “MANY”, “NOBODY”, “NONE”, “ONE”,
“SEVERAL”, “SOME”, “SOMEBODY”, AND
“SOMEONE”.INDEFINITE PRONOUNS ARE ALSO USED
AS INDEFINITE ADJECTIVE.
EXAMPLE; Many were invited to the lunch but only few showed
up.
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
REFER BACK TO THE SUBJECT OF THE
CLAUSE OR SENTENCES. REFLEXIVE
PRONOUNS ARE “MYSELF”, “YOURSELF”,
“HERSELF”, “HIMSELF”, “ITSELF”,
“OURSELVES”, “YOURSELVES” AND
“THEMSELVES”. EACH OF THESE ALSO
ACTS AS AN INTENSIVE PRONOUN.
EXAMPLE; Diabetics give themselves insulin
shots several times a day.
INTENSIVE PRONOUNS
IS A PRONOUN USED TO
EMPHASISE ITS ANTECEDEN.
INTENSIVE PRONOUNS ARE
IDENTICAL IN FORM TO
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS.
EXAMPLE; I myself believe that aliens
should abduct my sister.