pronouns

Pronouns are one of the nine parts of speech in the English language.

A pronoun takes the place of a noun. The noun that the pronoun takes the place of is known as the antecedent.

An example of a pronoun is the word she. In the sentence “the musician was so excited that she smashed her own guitar”, both “she” and “her” are pronouns that refer back to the antecedent “the musician”.

Personal pronouns: I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, we, us, they, them.

Possessive pronouns: my, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his, its, our, ours, their, theirs.

Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

Intensive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whom, whose.

Interrogative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, what.

Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those.

Indefinite pronouns: all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, neither, nobody, nne, no one, nothing, one, several, some, somebody, someone, something.

Reciprocal pronouns: each other, one another.