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 Different types of Pronouns-  Personal Pronouns- 1 st person refers to the person who is speaking- I, me, my, mine 

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2  Different types of Pronouns-  Personal Pronouns- 1 st person refers to the person who is speaking- I, me, my, mine 

3  2 nd person refers to the person spoken to –  you, your, yours

4  3 rd pers on- refers to the person, place or thing spoken about-  he, him, his, (masculine)  she, her, hers, (feminine)  it, its,  we, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs

5  A pronoun is closely related to the noun it replaces. The noun is called the antecedent.  Antecedent - the noun for which the pronoun stands  Most of the time the antecedent comes before but sometimes it will come after. Ex. My father opened his mail first. He couldn’t wait any longer.  Although he was known as an expert software developer, Darrell enjoyed selling computers.

6  Whose, Whom,Who, That, Which  That is the person whom I love.  The person who gets the highest score gets the gold medal.  The car that we bought doesn’t run well.  Use who, whom, and whose to refer to people  Use that and which to refer to things.

7  A demonstrative pronoun represents a thing or things:  near in distance or time ( this, these )  far in distance or time ( that, those )  This and That- singular  These and Those-plural

8  This tastes good.  Have you seen this ?  These are bad times.  Do you like these ?  That is beautiful.  Look at that !  Those were the days!  Can you see those ?  This is heavier than that.  These are bigger than those.

9  a demonstrative pronoun stands alone, while a demonstrative adjective qualifies a noun.  That smells. (demonstrative pronoun)  That book is good. (demonstrative adjective + noun)

10  Who, Whose, Whom, Which,What  Interrogative pronouns ask a question.  What do you want?  Who is there?

11  Singular - one, someone, anyone, no one,everyone  each,somebody,anybody,nobody,everybody  neither,either,something,anything,nothing, everything Someone is coming to dinner. Neither of us believes a word Harry says.

12  Plural Indefinite Pronouns  Both, few, several  Some, any, none, all, most  Both are expected at the airport at the same time.  Several have suggested canceling the meeting.

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