1- Personal Pronoun: It is used in place of name with three categories: 1st Person: I, we 2nd Person: You 3rd Person: He, she, it, they These categories have further three cases table of which is as follows:
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Nominative Case: Case of Subject or action doer.
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Possessive Case: Shows possession or anything owned.
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Objective Case: Case of Object or action receiver.
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I
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My, mine
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Me
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We
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Our
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Us
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They
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Their
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Them
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You
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Your
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You
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He
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His
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Him
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She
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Her
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Her
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It
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Its
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It
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2- Demonstrative Pronoun: It is used to point out some noun. Examples: This is the person who has stolen my pen. That is a ball. These, those etc are Demonstrative Pronouns.
3- Distributive Pronoun: It is used to distribute or separate nouns. Examples: either, or, neither, nor, each, every etc.
4- Reflexive Pronoun: It ends on “self or selves” followed by any case of Personal Pronoun. Examples: Myself, themselves, itself, himself etc.
5- Relative Pronoun: It is used to relate some noun to its pronoun. Examples: This is the pen which was stolen. He is the boy whom I had met before. Antecedent: The name going before a Relative pronoun is called Antecedent. In the above examples, pen and boy are Antecedents.
6- Interrogative Pronoun: It is question word used in place of noun. Examples: What, when, where, who etc.
7- Emphatic Pronoun: It is used to emphasize or stress some noun. It can be said to be a demonstrative pronoun as well. Examples: This is the scene which I like the most. |
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