Class Notes Pronouns © Copyright Academic Year 2009-2010, by M. Baltsas. All Rights Reserved.
Definition Objective Possessive I, you, s/he, it, we, they Personal Pronouns Definition Used in the place of proper or common nouns Subjects/ People I, you, s/he, it, we, they Objective Me, you, him, her, it, us, them Possessive My, your, yours, his, her, hers, its ours, our, their Your 5 sentences using any of the pronouns above © Copyright Academic Year 2009-2010, by M. Baltsas. All Rights Reserved.
objects/ things/ concepts Relative Pronouns “relates” a clause to the rest of the sentence Definition People Who, Whom whoever, that, who’s (who is or who has) Which, whichever that, when, why, where objects/ things/ concepts Whose, of which Possessive Write 3 sentences using any of the pronouns above © Copyright Academic Year 2009-2010, by M. Baltsas. All Rights Reserved.
Antecedent Gender Person Number Pronoun Agreement word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers Antecedent Person first (I/me/we/us) second (you/your) third (he/him/his, she/her/hers, they/their, it/its) Number distinguishes between singular (one) and plural (many). Gender Masculine or feminine Your 3 sentences using any of the pronouns above © Copyright Academic Year 2009-2010, by M. Baltsas. All Rights Reserved.
Definition what, which Person Interrogative Pronouns The he/him method Pronouns that are used to ask questions (interrogate) Subject objects/ things/ concepts what, which Person Who (subject) whom (object) whose (possessive) The he/him method he = who him = whom Your 5 sentences using any of the pronouns above © Copyright Academic Year 2009-2010, by M. Baltsas. All Rights Reserved.
Who do you think is responsible? (Do you think he is responsible?) Whom shall we ask to the party? (Shall we ask him to the party?) Give the box to whomever you please. (Give the box to him.) Give the box to whoever seems to want it most. (He seems to want it most. [And then the clause "whoever seems to want it most" is the object of the preposition "to."]) Whoever shows up first will win the prize. (He shows up first.) The number of people who use "whom" and "who" wrongly is appalling. The
Plural Definition Singular This, that These, those Demonstrative Pronouns Definition Pronouns identify and/or specify a noun or pronoun Singular This, that Plural These, those Your 3 sentences using any of the pronouns above © Copyright Academic Year 2009-2010, by M. Baltsas. All Rights Reserved.
Plural Definition Singular Indefinite Pronouns words which replace nouns without specifying which noun they replace. Definition Singular Anybody, anyone, another, each, either, everybody, everyone, nobody, no one, neither, one, other, someone, somebody Many, both, few, several, others, all, any, some, none Plural Your 5 sentences using any of the pronouns above © Copyright Academic Year 2009-2010, by M. Baltsas. All Rights Reserved.