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PRONOUNS

Different Types of Pronouns: What are they to you? Just this...

HeHimThemWeIMeItHerTheirTheyMineSheYallOurUsThatWho

Definition of Pronouns

A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Writers must use the correct pronoun so that readers clearly understand which noun each pronoun is referring toWhich is its ---------?

AntecedentAnte- is Latin for before and cedere Latin for to goSo a pronoun replaces a noun that goes before it

Example: Nate won his money today!

The proper noun, Nate, is being replaced by the pronoun his.AGREEMENTPronouns must agree with the noun they are replacing in gender and in number.

For example, you would not write that

Nate won her money today!ORNate won their money today!

The first would not agree in gender and the 2nd would not agree in number PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Personal Pronouns in English are used to replace nouns that refer to people. Personal Pronouns can be used as the sentences subject or objective.

Ex.s: I - I went to the store. (Subj)We - We went to the store. (Subj) Her - Al is going to give her the books soon. (Obj)

Problem with Personal PronounsEnglish doesn't have singular and plural forms of "you". "You" is used for both male and female and singular and plural.

Do you understand?This is why some people use the slang - Yall or Youse guys for the plural use.

Demonstrative PronounsThe four (4) demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, those. A demonstrative pronoun identifies or points out a noun or pronoun.

EX: That is a sad face!

This n That n These n ThoseThis and These refer to nouns that are nearby in time or space.Ex. This book is mine. That and those refer to nouns that are further away in time or space. Ex. That book over there is yours.

More ofThis n That n These n ThoseThis and That refer to singular nouns; Ex. This game is fun.Ex. That other game is not fun.

These and Those refer to plural nouns.

Ex. These games are fun.Ex. Those other games are not fun.

This tastes delicious. (This is subj. of sentence.)

I don't like this. (This is direct obj of sentence.)

That will run for an hour. (That is subj. of sentence.)

Jim wrote that. (That is direct obj of sentence.)

These look good. (These is subj. of sentence.)

I'll take these. (These is direct obj of sentence.)

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LIST OF PRONOUNS

Aall another any anybody anyone anything

Bboth

Eeach each other either everybody everyone everything

Ffew

Hhe her hers herself him himself his

I through O

II it its itself

Llittle

Mmany me mine more most much my myselfNneither no one nobody none nothing

Personal Pronouns, etc.Singular 1st person: I, my, mine, me 2nd person: you your, yours you 3rd person: he, she, it, his, her, hers, its, him, her, it

Plural1st person: we, our, ours, us 2nd person: you, your, yours, you 3rd person: they, their, theirs, them

Subject and Object formsYour turn to enter data!

Oone one another other others our ours ourselves

S through Y

Sseveral she some somebody someone something

Tthat their theirs them themselves these they this those

UusWwe what whatever which whichever who whoever whom whomever whoseYyou your yours yourself yourselves

Possessive PronounsPronouns that replace nouns AND show ownership

Stand alone: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs

Place before nouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

NOTE: NO APOSTROPHE ses!Possessive Pronouns IIThat computer is hers. > Stand aloneThat is her computer. > Place before noun

Is that cat mine? > Stand aloneIs that my cat? > Place before noun

Indefinite Pronouns PRONOUNS that refer to unspecified persons or things. They serve different roles:

quantifiers (some, any, enough, several, many, much); They answer how many? or how much?

universals (all, both, every, each); They answer which ones? and

partitives (any, anyone, anybody, either, neither, no, nobody, some, someone). They answer who?

Indefinite Pronouns IIThe indefinite pronouns anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, no one, nobody , each, much, and one are always singular.

Think of anybody and everybody as referring to each single body = one body = singular

Logically many, few, both, several, etc. are always pluralalways more than one.

Indefinite Pronouns III Indefinite pronouns are less specific than personal pronouns and have fewer forms.

Singular only Singular orplural Plural only everyone / everybody all both anyone / anybody any few someone / somebody some several no one / nobody none many each / much / one more either / neither most