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Overview of Pronouns

[Harbrace 6] 

Review

See Introduction to Overview of Pronouns below 

Practice Exercises

• Using Pronouns: Overview, Part I
• Using Pronouns: Overview, Part II

Introduction

Pronouns replace nouns. The noun that a pronoun replaces is called its antecedent. 

• Personal pronouns are classified by person, number, gender, and case. 

SINGULAR  First person I me my mine	PLURAL  First person we us our ours
Second person  you  you  your  yours	Second person  you  you  your  yours
Third person  he | she | it  him | her | it  his | hers | its	Third person  they  them  their/theirs

• Reciprocal pronouns show mutual relationships. 

each other
one another 

• Relative pronouns are used to connect a subordinate or dependent clause to the main clause. 

who
which
whose
what
whom
that 

• Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions. 

who
whom
which
what 

• Demonstrative pronouns point out a particular noun. 

this
that
these
those 

• As their name suggests, indefinite pronouns refer to people or things that are not defined. 

anyone
everyone
someone
no one
one
all
none
most
anybody
anything
everybody
everything
somebody
something
nobody
nothing
other
another
few
some
either
neither
more 

Some of these words function as pronouns when used alone, but can also function as adjectives when they precede nouns.