Pronoun

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Pronoun

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase. Pronouns are used to avoid repeating the same noun over and over again. For example, instead of saying “John went to the store and John bought a book”, you can say “John went to the store and he bought a book”.

Types of Pronouns

There are many different types of pronouns, including:

  1. Personal pronouns
  2. Possessive pronouns
  3. Reflexive pronouns
  4. Demonstrative pronouns
  5. Interrogative pronouns
  6. Relative pronouns
  7. Reciprocal pronouns
  8. Indefinite pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Personal pronouns are used to refer to people or things.

Examples:

  • I
  • you
  • he
  • she
  • it
  • we
  • they
  • me
  • him
  • her
  • us
  • them

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns are used to show ownership.

Examples:

  • mine
  • yours
  • his
  • hers
  • its
  • ours
  • theirs

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and object of a verb are the same person or thing.

Examples:

  • myself
  • yourself
  • himself
  • herself
  • itself
  • ourselves
  • yourselves
  • themselves

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to point to specific people or things.

Examples:

  • this
  • that
  • these
  • those

Interrogative Pronouns

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions.

Examples:

  • who
  • whom
  • whose
  • which
  • what

Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns are used to introduce relative clauses.

Examples:

  • who
  • whom
  • whose
  • which
  • that
  • what

Reciprocal Pronouns

Reciprocal pronouns are used to show a mutual relationship between two or more people or things.

Examples:

  • each other
  • one another

Indefinite Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns are used to refer to people or things in a general way.

Examples:

  • someone
  • somebody
  • something
  • anyone
  • anybody
  • anything
  • everyone
  • everybody
  • everything
  • no one
  • nobody
  • nothing
  • none
  • all
  • another
  • any
  • both
  • each
  • either
  • few
  • many
  • most
  • neither
  • one
  • other
  • several
  • some
  • such

Why Pronouns Are Important

Pronouns are an important part of speech in English. They are used to avoid repetition and to make sentences more concise.

Person Subjective Pronoun Objective Pronoun Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun Reflexive Pronoun
1st Person I me My mine myself
1st Person We us Our ours ourselves
2nd Person You you Your yours yourself
2nd Person You you Your yours yourselves
3rd Person It it Its its itself
3rd Person He him His his himself
3rd Person She her Her hers herself
3rd Person They them Their theirs themselves
Relative Pronoun Who whom Whose whoever

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