KINDS OF PRONOUNS

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KINDS OF PRONOUNS

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The What Why of Pronouns

• Root (Latin pro, for nomen, noun) a word that
  replaces a noun
• To avoid repetition
• Antecedent noun replaced (ante, before cedo,
  go)
• Juan is my cousin. He (Juan) is in your English
  class.
• Juan antecedent. He pronoun.

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7 KINDS OF PRONOUNS

1. PERSONAL refers to persons, he, she
2. REFLEXIVE refers back to the subject
3. INTENSIVE emphasizes the subject
4. DEMONSTRATIVE points to with gesture
5. INDEFINITE unsure, some, few
6. INTERROGATIVE question words, who
7. RELATIVE relates 2 sentences (which)

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PERSONAL PRONOUNS
number
plural
singular
person

• SINGULAR
• I, me, my
• you, you, your
• he, him, his
• she, her, her
• it, it, its

• PLURAL
• we, us, our
• you, you, your
• they, them, their

1st person
2nd person
masculine
feminine
3rd person
neuter
gender
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REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS reflect back to the subject
Congratulate yourself!
herself

• A pronoun is used as an object that refers back
  to the subject

• I saw myself in the mirror.
• Kim wrote a note to herself.
• Dick shot himself on the foot.
• They served themselves last.

itself
himself
themselves
refer back to the subject
Don't blame yourself
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INTENSIVE PRONOUN
emphasizes antecedent

• An intensive pronoun emphasizes its antecedent.
• I myself saw him.
• She herself organized the concert.
• The president himself has denied the rumor.

The principal herself congatulated us.
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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
Want this?

• POINT OUT SPECIFIC PERSONS / THINGS
• I hate this.
• Did Megan give you that?
• She wants these.
• Will you be using those?

this
those
these
that
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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
none all everybody
some many few
both each

• Some like it hot.
• None wants it cold.
• All are happy.
• All are equal, but some are more equal.

• Indefinite adjectives
• Some people like it cold.
• All animals are equal, but some animals are more
  equal.

All are equal,
but some are more equal.
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INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
QUESTION WORDS
who whom whose

• PRONOUNS USED TO ASK QUESTIONS
• What is the answer to the last question?
• Whose book is this?
• Who are you?
• Whom did you send to the store?
• Who, Whom, Whose, What, When, Where,

What's bugging you?
Whom should I give this to?
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RELATIVE PRONOUN
conjuction
pronoun
dual role

• RELATIVE PRONOUN RELATES TO A PRECEDING WORD
  (ANTECEDENT) AND JOINS TO IT A DEPENDENT CLAUSE
• 2 JOBS A PRONOUN A CONNECTOR

• She is a woman.
• She runs for mayor.
• She is the woman, who runs for mayor.
• You saw the house.
• It is historical landmark.
• The house that you saw is a historical landmark.

relates antecedent
to a dependent clause
works as a
pronoun
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Summary
PRO FOR
NOMENNOUN

• 7 KINDS OF PRONOUNS
• PERSONAL REFERS TO PERSONS
• REFLEXIVE ACTION BACK TO SUBJECT
• INTENSIVE EMPHASIZES ACTION
• DEMONSTRATIVE POINTS WITH A GESTURE
• INDEFINITE UNSURE SOME OR FEW
• INTERROGATIVE QUESTION WORDS
• RELATIVE JOINS SENTENCES

cedogo
antebefore
ANTECEDENT