🔳PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or a noun phrase. If we didn't have pronouns, we'd have to keep repeating our nouns and that would make our sentences cumbersome and repetitive. Pronouns are usually short words.
When most people think of pronouns, words like he, she, and they spring to mind, but there are nine different kinds of pronouns, including:
1️⃣#Personal_pronouns (e.g., he, they)
2️⃣#Demonstrative_pronouns (e.g., this, these)
3️⃣#Interrogative_pronouns (e.g., which, who)
4️⃣#Indefinite_pronouns (e.g., none, several)
5️⃣#Possessive_pronouns (e.g., his, your)
6️⃣#Reciprocal_pronouns (e.g., each other, one another)
7️⃣#Relative_pronouns (e.g., which, where)
8️⃣#Reflexive_pronouns (e.g., itself, himself)
9️⃣#Intensive_pronouns (e.g., itself, himself)
Let's look at each type one at a time.🙂
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A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or a noun phrase. If we didn't have pronouns, we'd have to keep repeating our nouns and that would make our sentences cumbersome and repetitive. Pronouns are usually short words.
When most people think of pronouns, words like he, she, and they spring to mind, but there are nine different kinds of pronouns, including:
1️⃣#Personal_pronouns (e.g., he, they)
2️⃣#Demonstrative_pronouns (e.g., this, these)
3️⃣#Interrogative_pronouns (e.g., which, who)
4️⃣#Indefinite_pronouns (e.g., none, several)
5️⃣#Possessive_pronouns (e.g., his, your)
6️⃣#Reciprocal_pronouns (e.g., each other, one another)
7️⃣#Relative_pronouns (e.g., which, where)
8️⃣#Reflexive_pronouns (e.g., itself, himself)
9️⃣#Intensive_pronouns (e.g., itself, himself)
Let's look at each type one at a time.🙂
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2️⃣ Demonstrative Pronouns
In grammar, a #demonstrative is a determiner or a pronoun that points to a particular noun or to the noun it replaces. There are four #demonstratives in English:
• the "near" demonstratives this and these, and
• the "far" demonstratives that and those.
This and that are singular; these and those are plural.
🔹A #demonstrative_pronoun distinguishes its antecedent from similar things. For example:
➖Let me pick out the books. I want these, not those.
➖Here's a copy of the plan. Study this carefully.
➖Your notes are worthless. Read these instead.
➖The rolls I brought are fresh. Those are stale.
🔹When a demonstrative comes before a noun, it's sometimes called a #demonstrative_adjective or a #demonstrative_determiner:
➖Son, take this bat and hit that ball out of the park.
➖This movie is boring.
➖That idea is crazy.
➖These brownies are delicious.
➖Those children are hungry.
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In grammar, a #demonstrative is a determiner or a pronoun that points to a particular noun or to the noun it replaces. There are four #demonstratives in English:
• the "near" demonstratives this and these, and
• the "far" demonstratives that and those.
This and that are singular; these and those are plural.
🔹A #demonstrative_pronoun distinguishes its antecedent from similar things. For example:
➖Let me pick out the books. I want these, not those.
➖Here's a copy of the plan. Study this carefully.
➖Your notes are worthless. Read these instead.
➖The rolls I brought are fresh. Those are stale.
🔹When a demonstrative comes before a noun, it's sometimes called a #demonstrative_adjective or a #demonstrative_determiner:
➖Son, take this bat and hit that ball out of the park.
➖This movie is boring.
➖That idea is crazy.
➖These brownies are delicious.
➖Those children are hungry.
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2️⃣ Demonstrative Pronouns In grammar, a #demonstrative is a determiner or a pronoun that points to a particular noun or to the noun it replaces. There are four #demonstratives in English: • the "near" demonstratives this and these, and • the "far" demonstratives…
🔻Determiners and Their Antecedents
"Like other determiner classes, the #demonstrative_pronoun must replace or stand for a clearly stated antecedent. In the following example, that does not refer to 'solar energy'; it has no clear antecedent:
➖Our contractor is obviously skeptical about solar energy. That doesn't surprise me.
When a this or that has no specific antecedent, the writer can usually improve the sentence by providing a noun headword for the #demonstrative_pronoun--by turning the pronoun into a determiner:
➖Our contractor is obviously skeptical about solar energy. That attitude (or His attitude) doesn't surprise me.
A combination of the two sentences would also be an improvement over the vague use of that."
(Martha Kolln, Understanding English Grammar. Allyn & Bacon, 1998)
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"Like other determiner classes, the #demonstrative_pronoun must replace or stand for a clearly stated antecedent. In the following example, that does not refer to 'solar energy'; it has no clear antecedent:
➖Our contractor is obviously skeptical about solar energy. That doesn't surprise me.
When a this or that has no specific antecedent, the writer can usually improve the sentence by providing a noun headword for the #demonstrative_pronoun--by turning the pronoun into a determiner:
➖Our contractor is obviously skeptical about solar energy. That attitude (or His attitude) doesn't surprise me.
A combination of the two sentences would also be an improvement over the vague use of that."
(Martha Kolln, Understanding English Grammar. Allyn & Bacon, 1998)
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