Pronouns
Pronouns- We can break word, Pro-Nouns, means A word that is thus used instead of a noun is called Pronoun. For example:
- I am young. - They are young.
- We are young. - He/She is young.
- You are young. - It is young.
In above sentence, I, We, You, They, He, She, It- they are called Personal Pronoun.
Forms of the personal pronouns
First Person
Singular Plural
Nominative I We
Possessive My, Mine Our, Ours
Accusative Me Us
Second Person
Nominative You
Possessive Your, Yours
Accusative You
Third Person
Masculine Singular Neuter Plural
Feminine All Genders
Nominative He She It They
Possessive His Her, Hers Its Their, Theirs
Accusative Him Her It Them
Reflexive Pronouns
When -Self is added to My, your, him, her, it and -Selves to our, your, them, we get, they are called Compound Personal Pronouns. There are called Reflexive Pronouns when they action done by the subject turns back, means reflects upon the subject., For example
- I hurt myself - We hurt ourselves.
- You will hurt yourself. - He hurt himself.
- She hurt herself - They hurt themselves.
Emphatic Pronouns
When Compound Personal Pronouns are used for the sake of emphasis, and are therefore called Emphatic Pronouns. For example
- I will do it myself
- We will see to it ourselves.
- you yourself can best explain.
- He himself said so.
- She herself said so.
- it was told so by the teacher himself
- They themselves admitted their guilt.
Demonstrative Pronouns
This, that, etc are Demonstrative when they are used whit nouns.
- This book is mine.
- That pen is yours.
- These books are mine.
- Those pens are yours.
- What was that noise?
Indefinite Pronouns
- Some are born great.
- Somebody has stolen my watch.
- Nobody was there to rescue the child.
- Few escaped unhurt.
- His words are in everyone's mouth.
Those words in italics, do not refer to any person or thing in particular. they are, therefore, called Indefinite pronouns.
Distributive Pronouns
Each, Either, neither are called Distributive Pronouns because they refer to persons or things one at a time. For this reason they are always singular and as such followed by they verb in the singular. For example
Each of the boy gets a prize.
Either of these roads leads to the railway station.
Neither of the accusations is true.
Relative Pronouns
I met Mr. Andru. Mr. Andru had just returned.
I have found the pen. I lost the pen.
Here is the book. You lent me the book.
Let we combine each of the above pairs in one sentence.
I met Mr. Andru who had just returned.
I have found the pen which I lost.
Here is the book that you lent me.
In first sentence, the word who is used instated of the noun Mr. Andru. Therefore, does the work of pronoun. The word who joins two statements. It, therefore, does the work of a Conjunction. therefore, this type of words also called Conjunctive Pronoun.
Same as in second sentence - Which
and in third sentence - That
The words like - Who, which, whom, whose, what, that, etc. use instated of nouns. they called Relative Pronouns.
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