PRONOUNS - DEFINITION, TYPES AND EXAMPLES

PRONOUNS - DEFINITION, TYPES AND EXAMPLES

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.

It's used to avoid repeating the same noun multiple times and can refer to people, objects, animals, or ideas.

Examples of pronouns include

I, he, she, it, they, we and you.

Using Pronouns correctly depends on the context and the type of pronoun you're using.
Here are some general guidelines:

1. Subject Pronouns
🔮 I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Use subject pronouns to replace nouns that are the subject of a sentence.
Example: She is going to the market.

Instead of Manasi is going to the market.

2. Object Pronouns💠
🔮 me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Use object pronouns to replace nouns that are the object of a verb or preposition.
Example: John gave her a book.

Instead of Milind gave Shree a book.

3. Possessive Pronouns
🔮 mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs
Use possessive pronouns to show ownership or possession.
Example: The red car is mine.

Instead of The red car is Triya's.

4. Reflexive Pronouns
🔮 myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Use reflexive pronouns to reflect back to the subject of the sentence.
Example: She hurt herself.

The reflexive pronoun herself refers back to she.

5. Relative Pronouns
🔮 who, whom, whose, which, that
Use relative pronouns to introduce relative clauses that provide more information about a noun.
Example: The book that I read was interesting.

That introduces the relative clause that I read.

6. Demonstrative Pronouns
🔮 this, that, these, those
Use demonstrative pronouns to point to specific things or people.
Example: This is my favorite bhajan.

Instead of This bhajan is my favorite.

7. Interrogative Pronouns
🔮 who, whom, whose, which, what
Use interrogative pronouns to ask questions about people, things, or ideas.
Example: Who is coming to the party? Instead of Which person is coming to the party?

8. Indefinite Pronouns
🔮all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, neither, nobody, none, no one, nothing, several, some, somebody, someone, something 
Use indefinite pronouns to refer to nonspecific people or things.
Example: Someone left their umbrella here. Instead of A person left his or her umbrella here.

9. Distributive Pronouns

These refer to members of a group individually rather than collectively.

 🔮Examples are each, either, neither, everybody, everyone, both, one, etc.

Example: Each of the students has their own project.

10 Reciprocal Pronouns

Reciprocal pronouns express mutual actions or relationships between two or more people or things.

The common reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another.

Example: They love each other deeply.

They hugged each other.

The teams supported one another.

11. Intensive Pronouns

Intensive pronouns are used to emphasize a noun or pronoun that comes before them.

🔮 They end in -self or -selves

myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Example: I myself witnessed the incident.

She did it herself.

12. Expletive Pronouns

These pronouns are also called dummy pronouns and are used as placeholders in sentences where a subject is needed for grammatical reasons but doesn't refer to any specific noun.

Examples are it, there and that.

Example: It is raining.

   

13. Zero Pronouns

Some languages, like Japanese and Chinese, have what are known as zero pronouns, where the subject or object pronoun is omitted because it's implied from context.

Example: In Japanese, "Watashi wa sushi ga suki desu" (I like sushi), where the pronoun I is omitted.

Remember to match the pronoun's form and function with its role in the sentence

Understanding these various types of pronouns and their functions can greatly enhance your ability to communicate effectively and precisely in writing and speech.