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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 nd person refers to the person spoken to – you, your, yours
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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a demonstrative pronoun stands alone, while a demonstrative adjective qualifies a noun. That smells. (demonstrative pronoun) That book is good. (demonstrative adjective + noun)
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Who, Whose, Whom, Which,What Interrogative pronouns ask a question. What do you want? Who is there?
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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.
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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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