By: Emma Tuss
Pronouns take the place of nouns. They agree in number and gender.
An antecedent is the noun or pronoun to which a possessive or a reflexive pronoun refers back in the sentence
Example: That dog lost its collar.
A. The pronoun its refers back to dog. (The dog lost the dog's collar)
B. Dog is the noun its refers back to in the sentence.
C. Dog is the antecedent
Example: Some ducklings waddles after their mother.
A. The pronoun their refers back to ducklings (some ducklings waddled after the ducklings' mother.)
B. Ducklings is the noun their refers back to in the sentence
C. Ducklings is the antecedent.
Demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, and those.
Examples: I want that
(CORRECT)
Example: That interests him. (INCORRECT)
Examples:
-This is a pitted spoon.
-Are these supposed to be here?
-Those became ruined when washed in not water.
If this, that, these or those modify or go over to a noun or another pronoun, they are adjectives.
Examples: This trim is crooked. (CORRECT)
(This is an adjective: this trim.)
This is crooked (This is a pronoun.)
Example: Which trim is crooked? (INCORRECT)
Indefinite pronouns are some, many, few, several, each, both, either, neither, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, nobody, everyone, everybody, any and none.
Examples:
-Some will be expected to participate.
-Are there many in the ice chest?
-A few said no.
-Several have already received the goodie bags.
-Each must learn a new step in that dance.
-I'll take both.
-We don't want either.
-Neither has been eating much today.
-Ask someone to drive you
-Did Mindy tell somebody about it?
-Would anyone like to take a helicopter ride?
-Anybody may join.
-Nobody says that.
-Everybody loves it.
-Interrogative Pronouns are who, whom, whose, which and what.
Interrogative pronouns ask a question.
Examples:
-Who is your favorite singer?
-To whom do I give my tray?
-Whose is that?
-Which will Samantha select?
-What is your opinion?
-Who is in the nominative case and will serve as either a subject or a predicate nominative.
Examples: Who won? (subject)
The winner is who? (predicate nominative) (CORRECT)
Example: Whom won?
(INCORRECT)
-Whom is in the objective case and will serve as either a subject or a predicate nominative.
Example: Who won? (subject)
The winner is who? (Predicate nominative)
Whose, which, and what are pronouns when they stand alone. However, if they modify (go over to) a noun or another pronoun, they function as adjectives.
Examples:
-Whose has been selected? (pronoun)
-Whose paper is on the floor? (adjective: whose paper)
-Which do we need? (Pronoun)
-Which one looks better (adjective: which one)
(CORRECT)
-Whose are you?
-Which do you belong to?
(INCORRECT)
-Reflexive pronouns are myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, ourselves, and themselves. (Correct)
-Hisself and theirselves
(Incorrect) Never use them. Reflexive pronouns reflect back to another noun or pronoun in the sentence. A reflexive pronoun will have an antecedent.
Examples: A. The lady washed the car herself.
(Lady is the noun or antecedent to which the reflexive pronoun, herself, refers.)
B. Can you fix the tire yourself?
(You is the pronoun antecedent to which the reflexive pronoun, yourself, refers.)
C. That machine automatically shuts itself off.
(Machine is the noun antecedent to which the reflexive pronoun, itself, refers.)
(Subjective Pronouns)
I
He
She
You
It
We
They
Who
Nominative Pronouns function as either the subject or predicate nominative in a sentence.
Me
Him
Her
You
It
Us
Them
Whom
My, mine
His
Her, hers
Your, yours
It, its
Our, ours
Their, theirs
Whose
Citations
-Easy Grammar Workbook
-Flickr