Pronouns

Pronouns

 Pronouns are a category of words that function to replace nouns in sentences, avoiding unnecessary repetition and making communication more efficient.

Types of Pronouns 

1. Personal Pronouns:

• Definition: Personal pronouns refer to specific persons or things and change form depending on their grammatical context.
• Examples:
  •  I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them

2. Demonstrative Pronouns:

• Definition: Demonstrative pronouns point to specific nouns or noun phrases.
• Examples:
  • Singular: this, that
  • Plural: these, those

3. Interrogative Pronouns:

• Definition: Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions.
• Examples:
• who, whom, whose, what, which

4. Indefinite Pronouns:

• Definition: Indefinite pronouns refer to non-specific persons or things.
• Examples:
• anyone, everyone, someone, no one, anybody, everybody, somebody, nobody, each, either, neither, both, all, some, any, none

5. Relative Pronouns:

• Definition: Relative pronouns introduce subordinate clauses and relate them to the noun or pronoun preceding it.
• Examples:
  • who, whom, whose, which, that

6. Reflexive Pronouns:

• Definition: Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject and emphasize it.
• Examples:
  • myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

7. Possessive Pronouns:

• Definition: Possessive pronouns indicate ownership or possession without the need for a following noun.
• Examples:
  • mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs