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Generally, a pronoun takes the place of a particular noun. The pronoun refers to its antecedent. A pronoun helps us avoid unnecessary repetition in our writing and speech.</p><p>In other words, words that can be used instead of a noun are called pronouns. The word “pronoun” means “for a noun”.</p><p><strong>Let’s understand pronouns with the help of a these example sentences:</strong></p><ul><li>Look at Mike. Mike is a good boy.</li><li>Mike loves to study. Mike is good at skating.</li></ul><p>Instead of Mike we can use ‘<span style="color: #ff6600;">he</span>‘.</p><p>Now read these sentences again:</p><ul><li>Look at Mike. <span style="color: #ff6600;">He</span> is a good boy.</li><li>He loves to study. <span style="color: #ff6600;">He</span> is good at skating.</li></ul><p>The word ‘<span style="color: #ff6600;">he</span>‘ takes the place of Mike and is called <span style="color: #ff6600;">pronoun</span>.</p><h2>Types of Pronouns</h2><ul><li><a href="#personal">Personal Pronouns</a></li><li><a href="#reflexive">Reflexive Pronouns</a></li><li><a href="#emphatic">Emphatic Pronouns</a></li><li><a href="#relative">Relative Pronouns</a></li><li><a href="#interrogative">Interrogative Pronouns</a></li><li><a href="#indefinite">Indefinite Pronouns</a></li><li><a href="#demonstrative">Demonstrative Pronouns</a></li><li><a href="#possessive">Possessive Pronouns</a></li><li><a href="#intensive">Intensive Pronouns</a></li></ul><p><strong>Enjoy reading this humorous folk tale. The pronouns have been highlighted with purple colour.</strong></p><h3>No Worries</h3><p>The people of a beautiful town called Rye determined one day that there was no point in <span style="color: #800080;">all</span> of <span style="color: #800080;">them</span> worrying about their various problems.<br>“Let <span style="color: #800080;">us</span> employ a Worry Man. <span style="color: #800080;">He</span> will have the liability to worry for <span style="color: #800080;">all</span> of <span style="color: #800080;">us</span>,” said the mayor.<br><span style="color: #800080;"> Everyone</span> hailed it as a good initiative. <span style="color: #800080;">They</span> selected a sweeper for the job. According to <span style="color: #800080;">them</span>, <span style="color: #800080;">he</span> seemed to have a lot of time on his hands to worry all through the day. <span style="color: #800080;">They</span> decided to go and meet <span style="color: #800080;">him</span>.</p><p>“How much will I be paid?” <span style="color: #800080;">he</span> wanted to know when <span style="color: #800080;">they</span> explained the nature of the work to <span style="color: #800080;">him</span>.<br>“Hmmm… one penny a week,” said the mayor.<br>“It won’t work,” said the sweeper.<br>“Why not?” asked the mayor.<br>“Because if <span style="color: #800080;">you</span> give <span style="color: #800080;">me</span> one pound a week,” <span style="color: #800080;">he</span> explained, “<span style="color: #800080;">I</span>,ll have nothing to worry about!”<br><em>(Adapted from a witty folk tale)</em></p><h2 id="personal">Personal Pronouns</h2><p>Personal pronouns are used to replace nouns or noun phrases.</p><p>Personal pronouns stand for three persons:</p><ol><li>First Person</li><li>Second Person</li><li>Third Person</li></ol><p><strong>Personal pronoun of the first person stands for the person(s) speaking.</strong><br><span style="color: #008000;"><em>(I, we, me, us)</em></span></p><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li>This car belongs to <span style="color: #008000;">us</span>.</li><li><span style="color: #008000;">I</span> won the award.</li><li>The matter is between Chris and <span style="color: #008000;">me</span>.</li><li><span style="color: #008000;">We</span> shall stand by the truth.</li></ol><p><strong>Personal pronoun of the second person stands for the person(s) spoken to.</strong><br><span style="color: #008000;">(You, thou, thee)</span></p><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li>Why are <span style="color: #008000;">you</span> crying?</li><li>It is to <span style="color: #008000;">thee</span> that I owe a debt of gratitude.</li><li>Only <span style="color: #008000;">you</span> are allowed to attend the party.</li><li><span style="color: #008000;">Thou</span> shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.</li></ol><p>Personal pronoun of the third person stands for the person(s) spoken of.<br><span style="color: #008000;">(He, she, it, they, them, him, her)</span></p><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li>I heard him telling <span style="color: #008000;">them</span> about the movie.</li><li><span style="color: #008000;">He</span> agreed to look after the baby.</li><li>The headmistress likes <span style="color: #008000;">her</span> a lot.</li><li><span style="color: #008000;">She</span> asked me to review it by this evening.</li><li><span style="color: #008000;">They</span> went to the museum.</li><li><span style="color: #008000;">It</span> is an endangered species now.</li><li><span style="color: #008000;">They</span> were planning to hide it under the bed.</li></ol><p><strong>Personal pronouns for people</strong>: <span style="color: #008000;">I, you, he, she, we, they, me, you, him, her, us, them</span><br><strong>Personal pronouns for things and animals</strong>: <span style="color: #008000;">it, they, them</span></p><h2 id="reflexive">Reflexive Pronouns</h2><p>Reflexive pronouns are pronouns where the subject and the object are the same person(s), i.e. when the action of the verb refers back to the doer. Reflexive pronouns are formed by using ‘self’ in the singular and ‘selves’ in the plural.</p><h3>Reflexive Pronouns List</h3><ul><li><span style="color: #800080;">myself</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">yourself</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">himself</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">herself</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">itself</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">yourselves</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">themselves</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">ourselves</span></li></ul><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li>John reminded <span style="color: #800080;">himself</span> that he had to try harder.</li><li>You are old enough to dress <span style="color: #800080;">yourself</span>.</li><li>Suddenly, I found <span style="color: #800080;">myself</span> in a dark corner.</li><li>The dog covered <span style="color: #800080;">itself</span> with dirt.</li><li>She contradicted <span style="color: #800080;">herself</span>, unknowingly.</li><li>They were discussing amongst <span style="color: #800080;">themselves</span>.</li><li>The only people there were <span style="color: #800080;">ourselves</span>.</li></ol><h2 id="emphatic">Emphatic Pronouns</h2><p>Emphatic pronouns are pronouns used for highlighting, stressing or emphasizing the noun or pronoun that comes before it. An emphatic pronoun can be omitted without changing the sense of a sentence.</p><h3>Emphatic Pronouns List</h3><ul><li><span style="color: #800080;">myself</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">himself</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">herself</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">itself</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">yourself</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">themselves</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">ourselves</span></li></ul><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li>Joseph <span style="color: #779e00;">himself</span> went to check the gate.</li><li>He <span style="color: #779e00;">himself</span> is responsible for those low grades.</li><li>Jane <span style="color: #779e00;">herself</span> looks into the nitty-gritty of running the house.</li><li>They <span style="color: #779e00;">themselves</span> admitted to their mistakes.</li><li>The book <span style="color: #779e00;">itself</span> tells you all about pronouns.</li><li>I <span style="color: #779e00;">myself</span> am a slow walker.</li><li>The children <span style="color: #779e00;">themselves</span> made the plan.</li><li>The village <span style="color: #779e00;">itself</span> is very small.</li><li>We <span style="color: #779e00;">ourselves</span> will be completing the assignment.</li><li>Ruskin Bond <span style="color: #779e00;">himself</span> is a great author.</li></ol><h2 id="relative">Relative Pronouns</h2><p>Relative pronouns are used to join sentences or clauses, and they refer back to the nouns going before them.</p><h3>Relative Pronouns List</h3><ul><li><span style="color: #800080;">who</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">whom</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">which</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">whose</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">that</span></li></ul><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li>This is the lady <span style="color: #779e00;">who</span> helped me.</li><li>This is the book <span style="color: #779e00;">that</span> my mother wrote.</li><li>There is the man <span style="color: #779e00;">whose</span> horse won the race.</li><li>This is the house <span style="color: #779e00;">which</span> belongs to my great-grandfather.</li><li>This is the person <span style="color: #779e00;">whom</span> we met at the party.</li><li>This is the letter box <span style="color: #779e00;">that</span> I was talking about.</li><li>A chair is a piece of furniture <span style="color: #779e00;">which</span> we use for sitting.</li><li>I found the ring <span style="color: #779e00;">that</span> I thought I had lost.</li><li>Jack is the boy <span style="color: #779e00;">whose</span> sister is a famous tennis player.</li><li>This is the boy <span style="color: #779e00;">who</span> scored the highest marks.</li></ol><p>In relative pronouns we use the following pronoun words:</p><ul><li>For people: <em>who, whom</em></li><li>For animals and thing: <em>which</em></li><li>And to show possession: <em>whose, that</em></li></ul><h2 id="interrogative">Interrogative Pronouns</h2><p>Interrogative pronouns ask questions. Compound interrogative pronouns (those ending in ‘ever’) are used to express surprise, confusion, irritation, etc.</p><h3>Interrogative Pronoun List</h3><ul><li><span style="color: #800080;">what</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">which</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">who</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">whom</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">whatever</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">whichever</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">whoever</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">whomever</span></li></ul><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Who</span> is there at the door?</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Which</span> is your book?</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Whatever</span> are you doing?</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Who</span> is making noise?</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Whom</span> were you speaking to?</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Whichever</span> came first?</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Whose</span> is this dress?</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">What</span> do you mean?</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Whoever</span> came to the shop?</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Whomever</span> should tom invite?</li></ol><h2 id="indefinite">Indefinite Pronouns</h2><p>An indefinite pronoun refers to an indefinite or general person or thing. These pronouns refer to people in a vague and general meaning.</p><h3>Indefinite Pronouns List</h3><ul><li><span style="color: #800080;">all</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">any</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">each</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">everyone</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">few</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">many</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">neither</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">none</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">nothing</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">several</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">some</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">somebody</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">everything</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">nobody</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">anyone</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">someone</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">something</span></li></ul><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Nobody</span> attended the meeting.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Something</span> is wrong there.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Everyone</span> was smiling.</li><li>He never does favour to <span style="color: #779e00;">others</span>.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Everything</span> was told prior to the meeting.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Many</span> of them were injured.</li></ol><p>An indefinite pronoun can stand for singular, plural or at times for both. The following lists some indefinite pronouns terms that are commonly used.</p><h4>Singular</h4><ul><li><span style="color: #800080;">anyone</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">anything</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">anybody</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">each</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">everybody</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">everything</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">either</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">everyone</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">little</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">much</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">nobody</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">nothing</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">neither</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">no one</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">one</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">someone</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">somebody</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">something</span></li></ul><h4>Plural</h4><ul><li><span style="color: #800080;">both</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">few</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">many</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">others</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">several</span></li></ul><h4>Singular or Plural</h4><ul><li><span style="color: #800080;">all</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">most</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">none</span></li></ul><h4>Example Sentences</h4><ol><li>Every season <span style="color: #779e00;">one</span> of the racers attempts to break Schumacher’s record. (Singular)</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Both</span> have paid homage to their great ancestors. (Plural)</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">All</span> of the players we count on are out of form. (Plural)</li><li>Almost <span style="color: #779e00;">all</span> the money in my bank account has been spent. (Singular)</li></ol><h2 id="demonstrative">Demonstrative Pronouns</h2><p>Demonstrative pronouns point out people or objects. There are four demonstrative pronouns.</p><h3>Demonstrative Pronouns List</h3><ul><li><span style="color: #800080;">this</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">that</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">these</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">those</span></li></ul><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Those</span> are my neighbour’s dogs.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">This</span> is my bicycle.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">These</span> are cakes and those are burgers.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">That</span> is my bag.</li><li>In <span style="color: #779e00;">those</span> days, we were young and innocent.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">This</span> is a present from my uncle.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">Those</span> keen to attend the magic show may come along.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">That</span> is the sound of a factory siren.</li><li>Are <span style="color: #779e00;">those</span> your classmates?</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">That</span> is not the best thing to do.</li></ol><p>When these words appear before <a title="nouns" href="https://www.theidioms.com/nouns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nouns</a>, they become demonstrative adjectives. For example:</p><ol><li><span style="color: #779e00;">This</span> car is better than <span style="color: #ff6600;">that</span>.</li><li><span style="color: #779e00;">These</span> animals are wilder than <span style="color: #ff6600;">those</span>.</li></ol><p>In above sentences, ‘this’ and ‘these’ are demonstrative adjectives, and ‘that’ and ‘those’ are <span style="color: #779e00;">demonstrative adjectives</span>, and ‘that’ and ‘those’ are <span style="color: #ff6600;">demonstrative pronouns</span>.</p><h2 id="possessive">Possessive Pronouns</h2><p>A possessive pronoun points towards the owner of something.</p><h3>Possessive Pronouns List</h3><ul><li><span style="color: #800080;">hers</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">his</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">Mine</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">ours</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">theirs</span></li><li><span style="color: #800080;">yours</span></li></ul><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li>The blue hat is <span style="color: #779e00;">mine</span>. <span style="color: #779e00;">Yours</span> is on the upper shelf.</li><li>My aunt is a Graphic Designer. This computer is <span style="color: #779e00;">hers</span>.</li></ol><p>Often the words used as possessive pronouns are slight modifications of the words used as possessive adjectives. So, we may get confused at times.</p><p>Remember, that there is a major distinction between them. While possessive pronouns are used in place of nouns, possessive adjectives modify or describe nouns.</p><h4>For Example:</h4><ul><li>This dress is <span style="color: #779e00;">mine</span>.</li><li>This is <span style="color: #ff6600;">my</span> dress .</li><li>That school is <span style="color: #779e00;">hers</span>.</li><li>This is <span style="color: #ff6600;">her</span> school.</li><li>This house is <span style="color: #779e00;">theirs</span>.</li><li>This is <span style="color: #ff6600;">their</span> house.</li></ul><p>In these sentences ‘mine’, ‘hers’ and ‘theirs’ are <span style="color: #779e00;">possessive pronouns</span>, and ‘my’, ‘her’ and ‘their’ are <span style="color: #ff6600;">possessive adjectives</span>.</p><h2 id="intensive">Intensive Pronouns</h2><p>An intensive pronoun is a type of pronoun used to emphasize the subject of the sentence. It is identical in form to a reflexive pronoun (such as “myself,” “yourself,” “himself,” “herself,” “itself,” “ourselves,” “yourselves,” and “themselves”), but its purpose is different. An intensive pronoun emphasizes the noun or pronoun it refers to, often immediately following the subject or appearing at the end of the sentence for emphasis.</p><h3>Example Sentences</h3><ol><li>She <em>herself</em> completed the entire project.</li><li>The president <em>himself</em> will attend the meeting.</li><li>They fixed the car <em>themselves</em>.</li></ol><p>In these sentences, the intensive pronouns “herself,” “himself,” and “themselves” emphasize the subjects “she,” “the president,” and “they,” respectively.</p><div id="comments"><p class="syt"><a class="res" href="#respond">Share your opinions</a><a class="tho" href="#comments">1 Opinion</a></p><div class='info'><div id="comment-60"><p>I like this especially where it is very clear about possessive pronouns. Mostly, people get confused on how to differentiate between possessive pronouns and adjectives. 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