Pronouns
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun that has already appeared
in a preceding sentence. The noun it replaces is called its antecedent.
There are four types of pronouns that get used regularly in writing: personal
pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns,
and relative pronouns. |
Types of Pronouns
Personal pronouns
- I, you, me, she, him, it, they
Personal pronouns that are used to indicate ownership
are called possessive pronouns:
- my, your, his, their, its
Demonstrative pronouns
In the sentence "I was not aware we had agreed
to that," the demonstrative pronoun "that" stands
in for the details of the agreement. When one of these words is used next
to a noun, however, it becomes an adjective: this objective,
that officer.
Indefinite pronouns
- everybody, someone, each, everything, nothing
Most indefinite pronouns are treated as singular when
they are the subject of a sentence, and thus take singular verbs.
Relative pronouns
- which, that, who, whom, whose
Practice Exercises
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