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Friday, 13 January 2017

The Pronoun-Basic Grammar


The Pronoun-Basic Grammar

The Pronoun-Basic Grammar
A Pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.
e.g,  it, he, she, we , they, himself.

Kinds of Pronoun.
1. Personal Pronouns ( including Possessive Pronouns )
Personal Pronouns in their different forms show person, number, gender (whether male, female or neuter-whole gender is common like articles ) and case ( the relation ship of a word with other words).
e.g,
I, we, us;   you, your, yourself,;   they, them, themselves 
The possessive pronoun
Possessive pronouns are forms of personal pronouns. They show ownership or possession.
e.g,
mine, yours, his, hers, its, theirs.



Singular
Plural
First person
I, Me (My, Mine )
We, us(our, ours)
Second person
You, (Your, yours)
You(your, yours) 
Third Person
He, him,(his),she, her(her, hers),it (its)
Them, they (their, theirs)


2. Indefinite Pronouns 
Indefinite pronoun refer to people,places or things in general.

Most common indefinite pronouns.

All
either
Many
None
Several
Anybody
Everybody
Most
No one
Some
Anyone
Everyone
Much
Nothing
Somebody
Anything
Everything
Neither
One
Someone
each
Few
Nobody
Others
Something
3. Demonstrative Pronouns
These pronouns tell which one or which group of persons, place or things are referred to.
e.g,
this, that, these, those.

4.Relative Pronouns.
These pronouns refer to an earlier noun, sentence or part of a sentence.
e.g,
who, whom, which, whose, that

5. Interrogative Pronouns.
e.g,
who, whom, which, whose, that.



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