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Pronoun 

A word that replaces a noun. It points out the person or thing asked for, that was said before or is clear from the context

Keyword

• pronoun
• personal
• subjective
• objective
• possessive
• reflexive
• demonstrative
• reciprocal
• indefinate
• grammar
• middle_school high_school college adult

[edit] Personal pronouns

[edit] Subjective and objective pronouns

Most of the time, when talking about pronouns, we mean personal pronouns. The following table lists the personal pronouns in English. The pronoun that replaces a subject is different from the on replacing an object.

Subject	Object
I	me
you	you
he	him
she	her
it	it
we	us
you	you
they	them
who	whom

Examples:

• I see him, not: I see he
• She hits them, not: Her hits them

[edit] Possessive pronouns

Possession means that you have or own something. There is a difference between the pronoun alone and before the noun.

Alone	Before noun
mine	my
yours	your
his	his
hers	her
-	its
ours	our
yours	your
theirs	their
whose	whose

Examples:

• I have a car. That car is mine. That is my car.

Not: That car is my. That is mine car.

• We possess the power. The power is ours. This is our power.

Not: The power is our. That is ours power.

• He owns a big house. That big house is his. That is his big house.

[edit] Reflexive pronouns

Reflexive is a way to say "back on itself". So, reflexive pronouns are the pronouns you use when something is said about the pronoun. it can be used to put special emphasis on what is said. It is then called an intensive pronoun.

Subject	Object
I	myself
you	yourself
he	himself
she	herself
it	itself
we	ourselves
you	yourselves
they	themselves

Examples:

• I see myself.
• He shaves himself.
• You wash yourselves. (plural)
• They did it themselves. (emphasis)

[edit] Demonstrative pronouns

These pronouns are not personal, they don't change when the person changes. Demonstrative pronouns depend on two things:

1. Distance. Is the object far or near me?
2. Number. Is there one object or more?

	Near	Far
One	this	that
More	these	those

Examples:

• We like this book. (one book, close to speaker)
• Schumacher raced in that car. (one car, far from speaker)
• He must water these plants. (more plants, close to speaker)
• I prefer those chairs. (more chairs, far from speaker)

[edit] Other pronouns

[edit] Reciprocal pronouns

These pronouns display a two-way action: each other and one another. Examples:

• They see each other. (group 1 sees the group 2 and group 2 sees group 1)
• Peter and Joanna care about one another. (Peter cares about Joanna and Joanna cares about Peter)

[edit] Indefinate pronouns

Indefinate means that something is not sure. These pronouns talk about things where it's not sure who or how much you're talking about.

Singular: anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, somebody, someone, something
Plural: both, few, many, others, several
Singular or plural: all, any, most, none, some, more

Examples:

• Frank doesn't know anybody/anyone in his new class.
• Frank knows nobody/no one in his new class.
• Frank knows everybody/everyone in his new class. (all people)
• Frank knows somebody/someone in his new class. (one person)
• In the dark, you don't see anything.
• In day light, you see everything. (all)
• At dusk, you can still see something. (a little bit)
• It can go each way. (all possible)
• It can go either way. (one or the other)
• Neither option sounds right. (not one of all possible)
• Karen likes both bands. (one and the other)
• Karen likes few bands. (little of the total)
• Karen likes many bands. (a lot of the total)
• Karen likes several bands. (a selection of the total)
• Matt helps others in his group when he can.
• Peter washes all windows.
• Peter washes any window. (no matter which)
• Peter washes most windows. (almost all)
• Peter washes some windows. (a few of all)
• Peter washed windows yesterday. Today he washed none. (not one)
• Peter is going to wash more windows tomorrow.

[edit] Lesson plans

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[edit] See also

• Grammar Slammer - Style and Usage
• Explanations and quizzes
• Wikipedia on Pronoun