By Ellen Gilmore,
Kaitlyn Clark,
Rick Trevisan
Generally pronouns stand for or refer to a
noun, an individual(s) or thing(s) (the
pronoun's antecedent) whose identity is
made clear earlier in the text.
Not all pronouns will refer to an antecedent
The problem of agreement between a
pronoun and its antecedent and between a
pronoun and its verb is the PronounAntecedent Agreement.
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Personal
Demonstrative
Relative
Indefinite
Intensive
Reflexive
Interrogative
Reciprocal
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Personal pronouns (which stand for persons
or things) change form according to their
various uses within a sentence.
Singular: He, She, It, Me, You, I, My
Plural: We, They, You, Us, Them
Example: We students at NRHS work hard
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Demonstratives can behave either as
pronouns or as determiners.
Singular: This, That, Such
Plural: These, Those
Example: This class is fun.
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Relative pronouns relate groups of words to
nouns or other pronouns.
Do NOT introduce a question
Who, Whichever, Which, What, Whoever,
Whatever, Whomever
I seem to say whatever is on my mind.
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Indefinite pronouns do not substitute for
specific nouns but are nouns themselves.
Some, Any, Anybody, Somebody, Everybody,
All, Each, Many, Several etc.,
Example: More sugar than that is needed to
make a cake.
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Intensive pronouns consist of a personal
pronoun plus -self or -selves and emphasize
a noun.
Singular: Myself, Itself, Herself, Himself
Plural: Themselves, Yourselves, Ourselves
Example: I decided to make the cake myself.
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Reflexive pronouns (which have the same
forms as the intensive pronouns) indicate that
the sentence subject also receives the action
of the verb.
Singular: Myself, Itself, Herself, Himself
Plural: Themselves, Yourselves, Ourselves
Example: Students who cheat are only
hurting themselves.
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Interrogative pronouns introduce questions.
Who, Which, What,
Example: What is that?
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Reciprocal pronouns are each other and one
another. They are forms for connecting ideas.
Example: We borrowed each other’s
information.
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<http://www.towson.edu/ows/pronouns.htm>
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<http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns
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