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PRONOUNS

Pronoun - a word that is used in place of a noun.

Antecedent – the word that the pronoun replaces.

Kinds of Pronouns

Personal Pronouns – refer to people

First person – The person or people speaking or writing - I, me, we, us, our, ours

Second person - The person or people being spoken or written to - you, you, yours

Third Person - The person, people, or things being spoken or written about - he, him,

she, her, it, his, her, hers, its, they, them, their, theirs

Possessive Pronouns – show ownership

my, mine, our, ours, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, their, theirs

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns - formed by adding self or selves

myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Indefinite pronouns - do not refer to a specific person, place, or thing; usually do not have antecedents

Singular indefinite – another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody,

everyone, everything, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, someone,

somebody, something

Plural indefinite – both, few, many, several

Singular or plural – all, any, more, most, none, some

Demonstrative Pronouns – point out things

Refers to things that are nearby

this, these

Refers to things that are far away

that, those

Interrogative Pronouns – ask questions

Who, whom, whose, which, what

Relative pronouns – first word in a subordinate clause

Who, whoever, whom, whomever, whose, which, whichever, that

Subject & Object Pronouns - are used as either the subject or the object in a sentence.

Subject/Nominative Pronouns - subjects and predicate nouns

I, we, you, she, he, they, it,

Object Pronouns -direct objects, indirect objects, objects of prepositions

Me, us, you, her, him, them, it

Sentence Diagramming & Pronouns

Sentence diagramming is a visual way to show how the words in a sentence are related to each other.

Pronouns can do many things in a sentence, and the way they are diagrammed depends on the way that they are acting in each sentence.

Here are some of the jobs that pronouns can do: subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, and predicate noun.

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