{"id":518,"date":"2015-08-03T07:20:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T07:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/97.74.134.56\/?p=518"},"modified":"2015-08-03T07:20:54","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T07:20:54","slug":"pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">Pronouns<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">Pronoun (&#8220;Pro&#8221; + &#8220;Noun&#8221;) &#8211; A pronoun is a word used instead of a <span class=\"highlight green\">common noun<\/span> or a <span class=\"highlight green\">proper noun<\/span>. E.g. I, we, he, she, they, it, you, who, etc..<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Radhika is my daughter. <strong>She<\/strong> is five years old. (She is a pronoun used in place of noun Radhika)<\/li>\n<li>Harish and Lakhan are goof friends. <strong>They<\/strong> are also business partners. (They is a pronoun used in place of Harish and Lakhan, the two nouns.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Types of pronouns<\/strong> &#8211; There are <strong>eight<\/strong> types of pronouns : <span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">Personal Pronouns<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #0088ff;\"> Reflexive Pronouns,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">Emphatic Pronouns<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">Demonstrative Pronouns<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">Indefinite Pronouns<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">Distributive Pronouns<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">Relative pronouns<\/span>,\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">Interrogative Pronouns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">1. Personal Pronouns &#8211; Pronouns which stand for the names of persons. They take the place of nouns and are used as the subject of the verb in a sentence. Personal pronouns have three persons such as : First person; Second Person; Third Person.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First Person (Masculine or Feminine)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Singular<\/strong> : I , My , Mine , Me.<br \/>\n<strong>Plural<\/strong> : We , Our , Ours , Us.<\/p>\n<p>Example :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I<\/strong> got a free pass.<\/li>\n<li><strong>My<\/strong> aim is high.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We<\/strong> love our country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Second Person (Masculine or Feminine)<br \/>\nSingular : <\/strong>You , Your<strong>.<br \/>\nPlural : <\/strong>You , Yours<strong>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">thou, thy, thine, thee,\u00a0 are also Second Person. These are archaic and used in poetry or when referring to God, the angels, etc.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>You<\/strong> are a good boy.<\/li>\n<li>I called <strong>you<\/strong> many times.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your<\/strong> team is excellent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Third Person (Masculine or Feminine)<br \/>\nSingular :<\/strong> He , His , Him , She , Her , It , Its.<strong><br \/>\nPlural : <\/strong>They , Their , Theirs , Them.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>She<\/strong> is very beautiful.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Her<\/strong> name is Rosy.<\/li>\n<li>This field is <strong>theirs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\"><br \/>\n2. Reflexive Pronouns &#8211; Pronouns which are objects and which refer to the same persons as the subjects of the verbs are known as reflexive pronouns. Reflexive pronouns are pronouns that end in <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"highlight blue\">self and selves<\/span>.<\/span> That means A class of pronouns beginning with the form of personal pronouns and ending with -self \/ -selves.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Myself (for &#8220;I&#8221; and &#8220;Me&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Yourself (for &#8220;You&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Himself (for &#8220;He&#8221; and &#8220;Him&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Herself (for &#8220;She&#8221; and &#8220;Her&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Itself (for &#8220;It&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Ourselves (for &#8220;We&#8221; and &#8220;Us&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Yourselves (for &#8220;You&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Themselves (for &#8220;They&#8221; and &#8220;Them&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Re?exive pronouns typically occur later than the <strong>subject<\/strong> and <strong>verb<\/strong> in a clause or sentence and are identical in reference to the subject.<br \/>\nExample : I washed <strong>myself<\/strong>, She <strong>herself<\/strong> cooked the dinner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong> : Never say or write hisself, themself, or theirselves. These words are not part of standard English usage and are therefore unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\"><br \/>\n3. Emphatic Pronoun &#8211; pronoun which emphasizes the noun is known as emphatic pronoun.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example : I myself completed the homework.<br \/>\nIt means that the subject itself completed the homework without anyone\u2019s help.<\/p>\n<p>More Examples :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I will do it by myself.<\/li>\n<li>You yourself can best explain.<\/li>\n<li>They themselves admitted their guilt.<br \/>\n<strong>It will be seen that here Compound Personal Pronouns are used for the sake of emphasis, and are therefore called Emphatic Pronouns.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\"><br \/>\n4. Demonstrative Pronouns &#8211; Pronouns which point out things, such as &#8220;<span class=\"highlight blue\">this, these, that and those&#8221; are known as demonstrative pronouns. They can be either a subject or an object in a sentence. We know which one to use by looking at the number of and distance of the thing(s) we are referring to. Use this and these when you are talking about <span class=\"highlight blue\">things near you<\/span>. Use that and those when you are talking about <span class=\"highlight blue\">things farther away<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Distance<br \/>\n<\/strong>Nearby (singular) &#8211; this, (plural) &#8211; these.<br \/>\nFar away (singular) &#8211; that, (plural) &#8211; those.<\/p>\n<p>Example :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>This<\/strong> is my answer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>That<\/strong> was too much for me.<\/li>\n<li><strong>These<\/strong> are good mangoes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\"><br \/>\n5. Indefinite Pronouns &#8211; <span class=\"highlight blue\">Those pronouns that refer to nouns in a general way rather than referring anyone in particular are known as Indefinite Pronouns. E.g. anybody, nobody, anyone, everybody, everyone, anything, no one, etc..<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anybody<\/strong> can do this work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Everybody<\/strong> knows him very well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Something <\/strong>is better than <strong>nothing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\"><br \/>\n6. Distributive Pronouns &#8211; Those pronouns that refer to nouns one at a time are known as distributive pronouns. Ex. each, either or neither represents one noun at a time.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Each<\/strong> of these girls deserved a reward.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Either<\/strong> of you can do this work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Neither<\/strong> of the allegations is true.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\"><br \/>\n7. Relative Pronouns &#8211; Pronouns which relate to some noun going before in the sentence as <span class=\"highlight blue\">who, whose, whom, which, what, that are know as relative pronouns. A relative pronoun does the work of a conjunction as well as a pronoun.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>who \/ whom \/ whose (normally referring to people)<\/li>\n<li>which \/ what \/ that (referring to things)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Example :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The man <strong>who<\/strong> stole the car has been caught.<\/li>\n<li>I mean <strong>what<\/strong> I say.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\"><br \/>\n8. Interrogative Pronouns &#8211; The pronouns that are used for asking of the question are known as Interrogative Pronouns.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Who<\/strong> built that house?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Which<\/strong> is your house?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who<\/strong> is he talking to?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/span> : <strong>Who<\/strong> can be used as the object of a verb as well as the subject. <strong>Whom<\/strong> is used only as the object.<br \/>\nIf we put the preposition before the interrogative pronoun, you must use <strong>whom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Interrogative Pronouns are also used in asking indirect questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I asked who was speaking?<\/li>\n<li>Ask what he wants?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"div_full\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pronouns Pronoun (&#8220;Pro&#8221; + &#8220;Noun&#8221;) &#8211; A pronoun is a word used instead of a common noun or a proper noun. E.g. I, we, he, she, they, it, you, who, etc.. Example : Radhika is my daughter. She is five years old. 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