Pronoun

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What a wonderful day! I really miss doing this activity guys, sharing what I have learned in our class discussion. I know this topic will be easy for you. 

 PRONOUN

               We know already what is pronoun, it is a word that replace the noun. The antecedent, they are the nouns that pronouns stand for. Let us talk about personal pronoun. Personal pronoun can be subject, object and it can be shown  possession.The same with nouns,  pronoun has  also three  cases: 

subjective case, objective case and possessive case. Here are some of examples:

"She is beautiful."       (subjective case) 

"He will meet us."       (objective case)

"This book is mine."   (possessive case)

              

 Subject pronouns                          Object pronouns                         Possessive pronouns

           he                                                       him                                                  his

          she                                                       her                                                   hers

           it                                                         it                                                      its

          we                                                       us                                                     ours

           I                                                         me                                               my, mine

        you                                                       you                                              your, yours

       they                                                       them                                            their, theirs

    

Pronoun of gender-  he, she, him, her, etc.

Pronoun of numbers- them, they , their

He     -   singular personal pronoun / pronoun of gender

Them-   plural personal pronoun / gender neutral pronoun

How do you use , "you and I" and "you and me" in a sentence?

You and I are assigned for this project.

This is for you and me.

Let us now discuss the types of pronouns:

* Indefinite pronouns- they are the nouns that are not identified or in some cases uncountable.

                                        (all, everybody, anybody, everyone, everything, few, most)

 Remember: Singular indefinite pronoun must always use singular verbs even it looks plural.

                   e.g Everyone is waiting for his or her grade.

The pronouns, all, anyone, most, most, none, some, many are followed by the linking verb are. 

                   e.g Many are coming to the party.

*Demonstrative pronouns- used to identify nouns and answer the the question "which one?"

                                               (these, those, this, that)

                                                these- plural/ nearby                          this-  singular/ nearby

                                                those- plural/ far                                that- singular, far

* Interrogative pronoun- used to replace nouns in questions.

These refer only to people: who, whom, whose, whoever, whosoever
                                          e.g The woman whom(receiver of the action)  you care is my friend.

These refer to place, people or things: what, which, whatever, whichever, whatsoever, whosoever                                                                     whomsoever.
* Relative pronoun-  used to connect clarifying into nouns or pronouns. It introduces clauses that                                           say something about it.
                                     which -defines                                  that- restricts
                                     e.g. Please give me the pen which uses Sumi ink in writing.
                                            Please give me the pen that I used yesterday.
* Intensive pronoun- used to place emphasis on the subject and are not essential to the meaning                                              of  sentences.
                                     e.g. He, himself, drove my mom to town.
*Reflexive pronoun- used to show that the subject of the sentences is receiving action of the                                                   verb. It  reflects the action back to the subject.
                                    e.g. She gave herself a pat on the back.
                                          The dog bit itself.
                                           Jackson can handle the project himself.
* Reciprocal pronoun- used to refer to a mutual set of people. (each other, one another)
*Possessive pronoun- answer the question "whose."

 Remember: 
Who- the answer is the subject
Whom- the answer is object
Whose- the answer is possessive
Why and How- (adverbs)