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Interrogative Pronouns
We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions. The interrogative pronoun represents the thing that we don't know (what we are asking the question about). There are four main interrogative pronouns: who, whom, what, which. The possessive pronoun whose can also be an interrogative pronoun.
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Interrogative Pronouns
What’s happened? (An accident’s happened.) noun replaced by pronoun Whom did you tell? (I told Mary.) noun replaced by pronoun Who told you? (John told me.) noun replaced by pronoun Which do you want? (I want the blue one.) noun replaced by pronoun Whose keys did you find? (I found John’s keys.) noun replaced by pronoun
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Relative Pronouns A relative pronoun is one which relates to a noun mentioned previously. There are only a few relative pronouns in the English language. The most common are which, that, whose, whoever, whomever, who, and whom. What, when, and where can also sometimes be relative pronouns.
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Relative Pronouns The cyclist who won the race trained hard.
The pants that I bought yesterday are already stained. The four team leaders, whomever the committee selects, will be at tomorrow’s meeting. Spaghetti, which we eat at least twice a week, is one of my family’s favorite meals. The store on the corner, where we usually buy all of our art supplies, burned to the ground.
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Indefinite Pronouns An indefinite pronoun does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is vague and "not definite". Some typical indefinite pronouns are: all, another, any, anybody/anyone, anything, each, everybody/everyone, everything, few, many, nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody/someone
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Indefinite Pronouns Does anybody have the time?
All are welcome to our house for Thanksgiving. Everyone clapped when the movie ended. Several turned out for the concert.
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Demonstrative Pronouns
A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to point to something specific within a sentence. This, that, these, those Do not confuse demonstrative adjectives with demonstrative pronouns. The words are identical, but demonstrative adjectives modify nouns, whereas demonstrative pronouns stand alone.
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Demonstrative Pronouns
This was my mother’s ring. That looks like the car I used to drive. These are nice shoes, but they look uncomfortable. Those look riper than the apples on my tree.
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Demonstrative Pronouns
I like this comforter the best. In this sentence, this is NOT a pronoun. It is an adjective describing the comforter.
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