Flashcards - 4

Pronouns:
Classified as 6 types

• Personal Pronouns:

As a subj:I,you,He,She,It,We,you,they
As an object:me,you her,him,it,us,you,them
As Possessive:my,mine,your,yours,his,her,hers,its,our,ours,your,yours,their,theirs(mine,yours,hers,ours and theirs are not followed by nouns)

• Reflexive Pronouns:myself,yourself,herself,himself,itself,oneself,ourselves,yourselves,themselves

used when action is directed back upon itself,i.e, subj and obj is same
Reflexive pronouns cannot be used as subj; Ann and myself studie together (WRONG)

• Relative Pronouns

Rel pronoun always introduces a relative clause in a sent(adj or nouns)
who,whoever- - refer to ppl only
that- - ppl or things
which - - things
what,whatever,whichever - - things

• Interrogative pronouns : used to ask questions

all relative pronouns except that are interrogative pronouns

• Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those - - used to point to things/ppl
• Indefinie pronouns: end in -body,-thing,-one ; always singular

Pronoun Antecedents:
-shud be clearly undrstood and must agree in no. and gender to the noun that it replaces
-if antecdent is not clear then supply the noun in place of the pronoun
-if forms such as 'they', 'you' are used vaguely then provide the noun.  Eg. They managed the store well. CORRECT The store cashiers managed the store well
-if pronoun and antecedent are not close to each other then,again, correct it

List of plural pronouns : both,few,many,others, several
SANAM - some,any,none,all,most/more - depends on anecedent
other indefinite pronouns such as anyone,each etc are always singular
nouns such as army,jury,audience,class - - singular