Pronouns
Pronouns: Know more about it.
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition and make sentences concise and clear.
Pronouns can refer to people, objects, places, or ideas and take the place of nouns in various grammatical contexts.
Types of Pronouns and Examples
1) Personal Pronouns
Refer to specific people or things and are used in place of nouns that represent them.
Examples:
Subject: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
e.g. She is reading a book.
Object: me, you, him, her, it, us, them
e.g. The teacher praised them.
2) Possessive Pronouns
Show ownership or possession.
Examples:
mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
e.g. The red pen is mine.
3) Reflexive Pronouns
Refer back to the subject of the sentence.
Examples:
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
e.g. He blamed himself for the mistake.
4) Demonstrative Pronouns
Point to specific things or people.
Examples:
this, that, these, those
e.g. These are delicious.
5) Interrogative Pronouns
Used to ask questions. Examples:
who, whom, whose, which, what
e.g. Who is coming to the party?
6) Relative Pronouns
Introduce a clause and refer to a noun mentioned earlier in the sentence.
Examples:
who, whom, whose, which, that
e.g. The person who called you is outside.
7) Indefinite Pronouns
Refer to nonspecific people or things.
Examples:
anyone, everyone, someone, nobody, all, some, several, many, few
e.g. Everyone is invited to the meeting.
8) Reciprocal Pronouns
Show mutual actions or relationships.
Examples:
each other, one another
e.g. They respect each other’s opinions.
9) Intensive Pronouns
Emphasize a noun or another pronoun. They look identical to reflexive pronouns but serve a different function.
Examples:
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
e.g. I made this cake myself.
10) Distributive Pronouns
Refer to members of a group individually rather than collectively.
Examples:
each, either, neither
e.g. Each of them has a ticket.
Key Features
- Pronouns simplify sentences by avoiding repetition.
- They must agree with their antecedents in number, gender, and person.
- Context determines the type of pronoun to use.
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