The Pronoun A pronoun is a words used in place of a noun . It, he, she, they, we, himself etc. OR A pronoun (I, me, he, she, her...
The Pronoun
A pronoun is a words
used in place of a noun.
It, he, she, they, we, himself etc.
OR
A pronoun (I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody, etc.) is a word that takes the place of a noun.
OR
A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase.
Examples:
I go to school.
I love you.
We are friend.
You can go to home.
He broke my kneecaps.
You get the idea.
He and I had a fight.
Kinds of the pronoun
1: Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns in their different forms
show person, number, gender, (whether male, female or neuter _____Whose
gender in common like articles) and case (the relationship of a word with other
words).
I, we, us: you, your,
yourself, they, them, themselves
The possessive pronoun:
Possessive pronoun is forms of personal pronouns. They show ownership or
possession.
Mine, yours, his,
hers, theirs, its
2: Indefinite pronouns:
Indefinite pronouns refer to people, places or things in general.
3: Demonstrative pronouns:
These
pronouns tell which one or which group of persons, places or things is referred
to
This,
that, these, those
4: Relative pronouns:
These pronouns refer to an earlier noun, sentence or part of a sentence.
Who, whom,
which, whose, that
5: Interrogative pronouns:
These
pronouns introduce questions.
Who, whom,
which, whose, what
Forms of the personal pronoun:
Personal pronouns are in the first, second and third person.
The first person pronoun refers to yourself like I, me. The second person
refers to the person addressed like you, yourself. The third person refers to
the person, place, thing or idea spoken about like she, them.
1: Firstly, note the common use of possessive adjectives and
possessive pronouns:
That is my
table. That table is mine.
Who came to
our house? Sami came to ours, Niza went to theirs. Others went to a house that
is his. The fame is hers alone, mine, are the honors.
Which pen is
yours? It is perhaps theirs. NO it is mine.
Was this car
his last year? Yes, it was his, now it is samaras.
2: Secondly, the pronoun “it” is used to indicate position,
situation, etc. in sentences likes the following:
“Who is
there?” “It is I.”
“What time
is it?” “It is 5 o’ clock.”
It was you who told me it was a time to
play the piano.
Who
will sing? “It is expected of you.”
It
looks strange an old woman singing songs of love.
3: One –it is used
when any or every person is meant:
Example:
One
should know ones duties.>
One, ones- according to the singular or
plural noun;
He writes a book every year; the one he is writing now is
about the moguls.
Some students are present; the one you want to see are
absent.
Also note:
Every one of them has his problems.
Anybody who goes to Lahore may please send me his address.
When we talk of both men and women, we use the masculine pronoun:
Every one should do his best life.
4: interrogative
pronoun and adjectives __ “which”, “what”
Which is used when selection is made from a given set of
things or persons?
Examples:
Which
of these movies is historical? Which fruits do you like best?
"What" is used when the selection is in a general way from an unknown set:
Example:
What
cities have you seen? What movies do you like to watch in your leisure time?
5: Relative Pronoun:
A relative pronoun refers to an earlier noun, sentence or a part of a
sentence.
Example:
The students who have passed are
here.
Was the Iraq-American war, which
the world tried to stop, the result of Muslim disunity.
Have the guests that we had
invited arrived?
6: whom, who or that
“Whom” or “that” is used as an object to the verb in a
sentence. But “who” is also correctly used thus. After Prepositions, “Whom,
who” as pronoun is used.
Example:
She is
the girl whom everyone liked for her
good manners.
She is
the girl whom everyone liked.
The order of Personal Pronouns:
Note that we use
personal pronouns in his order: 2nd person+3rd person.
But to emphasize or
focus this order can be changed.
Example:
You, he
and I study and play together. Your house, nelson’s house and mine are all new.
I, you, and they were observers of the happening.
