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Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Reflexive, and Intensive

A pronoun takes the place of a noun, a group of words acting as a noun, or another pronoun. We call the word or group of words that a pronoun refers to its antecedent.

A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing by indicating the person speaking (the first person), the person being addressed (the second person), or any other person or thing being discusses (the third person).

(singular) I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it (plural) we, us, you, they, them

A possessive pronoun shows possession or control. It takes the place of a possessive noun.

(singular) my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its (plural) our, ours,your, yours, their, theirs

A reflexive pronoun refers to a noun or another pronoun and indicates that the same person or thing is involved.

An intensive pronoun adds emphasis to a noun or another pronoun.

Reflexive and intensive pronouns look alike. Their usage reveals the difference.

Pronouns: Interrogative, Relative, Demonstrative, and Indefinite

Use an interrogative pronoun to form questions. Interrogative pronouns are who, whom, whose, what, and which. Other interrogative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and whichever.

Use a relative pronoun to begin a subject-verb word group called a subordinate clause.

who, whoever, whom, whomever, what, whatever, which, whichever, that, whose

A demonstrative pronoun points out specific persons, places, things, or ideas.

this, that, these, those

An indefinite pronoun refers to persons, places, or things in a more general way than does a noun or a personal pronoun. Example: Each of the winners chose his or her own prize.

all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything

both, each, either, enough, everybody, everyone

everything, few, many, most, much, neither

nobody, none, nothing, one, other, others

plenty, several, some, somebody, someone, something

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