English Grammar | Pronouns

English Grammar

Pronouns

Pronouns Personal:

Personal Pronoun indicate to the person or group ( a person spoken to second person or spoken about another person). Personal Pronoun has section forms for each of these three (persons).

Possessive Pronouns:

As Nouns, personal Pronouns could be Possessive. Possessive determiners are possessive forms of personal Pronouns which have a following Noun. Possessive Pronouns function independently.

Example:   

You can borrow my car as long as you remember that it's not yours.

The possessive "my" is refers which depends on the Noun "car"

The possessive "yours" is a Pronoun which replaced "your car".    

Indefinite Pronouns:

Indefinite Pronoun has no specific antecedents. And so on, indefinite Pronoun sometimes indicate to something identifiable or someone, it indicates to them in general with the notion of all, none, some, or any.

Some common indefinite Pronouns are:

Singular:

     another  / both / everything / nothing

     any / each  / neither / one

     anybody / either / nobody   /  somebody

     anyone / everybody  / none  /   someone

     anything / everyone  / no one / something

Plural:

 all / few  / more / much  / several both / many / most / plenty / some

Pronoun:   

Some have marveled at the Pizza Tower.

adjective: 

Some visitors have marveled at the Pizza Tower.

"Some" become indefinite Adjective in the second sentence because it function the Noun "Visitors."

Personal, Possessive, and Indefinite Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns:

Reflexive Pronouns refer that the subject proceed actions too or for it self; Although, the action in the sentence passes back to the subject. Reflexive Pronouns distinguish person and number. 

FORMS:                Singular                                              Plural

       

first person           myself / ourselves

second person      yourself / yourselves

third person          himself / herself /                                      themselves / itself

Examples:

You suffering yourselves with the thoughts of the upcoming exam.

The reflexive Pronoun ( yourselves refers ), that the action of ( suffering ) is being reflected back to the subject: The subject ( you ) is both the doer and the receiver of the action.

I told myself this would happen if I listened Mariam.

Intensive Pronouns:

The reflexive forms could be also using as intensive Pronouns. Intensive Pronouns point one back to a Noun or a Pronoun (not necessarily the subject) to add emphasis to it; moreover, intensive Pronouns do not refers a passing back of action.

Examples:

I myself sat in the orchestra pit.

The Prime Minister herself opposed the bill.

Intensive Pronoun:

Intensive Pronoun does not to need following after the Pronoun or Noun it emphasizes "in spite of the most cases it does".

Example:

I prefer sushi myself.

Note: 

Neither intensive nor reflexive Pronoun must be using as like as  the subject of a sentence. 

Reciprocal Pronouns:

Reciprocal Pronouns expressing relationship or mutual action or interchangeable. There two forms and each of them has a Possessive case:

 each other's        one another's         each other          one another

Examples:

 _ George and Alex greeted each other.

                OR

    George and Alex greeted one another.

 _ Adam and Zak were embarrassed that they had forgotten each other's names.

                 OR

    Adam and Zak were embarrassed that they had forgotten one another's names.