Pronoun

Pronoun

A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.

Classification of pronoun:

1.     Personal pronoun:

i.                   Subjective: I, we, you.

ii.                 Objective: Me, us, him.

iii.              Possessive: Mine, ours, his.

2.     Demonstrative: This, such, that.

3.     Indefinite: This. Such, that.

4.     Interrogative: Who? What? Which?

5.     Relative: Who, what, which, that.

6.     Reflexive: Myself, yourself, herself.

7.     Distributive: Each, either, neither.

8.     Reciprocal: Each other, one another.

Personal pronoun:

Pronoun used instead of a name of a person is called personal pronoun.

v    If a subject of a verb is pronoun then it must be in subjective form. As- I have too many work to do. He can write interesting ghost story.

v    If an object of a verb is pronoun then it must be in objective form. As- Lisa told him a story. Shyla can help them.

v    If an object of a preposition is pronoun then it must be in objective form. As- Mother looks after me. I can’t trust on her.

v    If an object of an infinitive, gerund or participle is pronoun then it must be in objective form. As- Jane wants to see her.

v    If a complement of a be verb (am, is, are, was, were) is pronoun than it must be in subjective form. As- It was I who called you.

v    A pronoun used before a gerund must be in possessive form. As- we don’t understand why you object to his coming with us.

v    A pronoun used before an infinitive must be in objective form. As- Olivia requested me to go with her.

v    Careful about this following pronoun:

It’s = it is

Its = possessive form of it

She’s = she is

Her = possessive form of she

Who’s = who is

Whose = possessive form of who

They’re = they are

Their = possessive form of they

v    When a sentence contains three persons they maintain a certain order as- second person, third person then first person (231). You, he and I are closed friend. You, he and I must work together.