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Pronouns: Grammar
Pronouns: Grammar
Pronouns
Grammar
Generally (but not always) pronouns stand for (pro + noun) or refer to a noun (an individual or individuals
or thing or things). What it refers to becomes the pronouns antecedent whose identity is made clear earlier
in the text.
Sheetal is a good girl. She does not hurt anyone.
But not always,
They say that eating beef is bad for you.
They is a pronoun referring to someone, but who are they? Cows? Whom do they represent? Sloppy use of
pronouns is when the antecedent is not made clear.
However, not all pronouns will refer to an antecedent. When the meaning is clear the use is not sloppy or
unfair.
Everyone here is appearing for CAT.
The pronoun everyone has no antecedent.
Kinds of Pronouns: Personal, Demonstrative; Indefinite; Relative; Reflexive; Intensive; Interrogative;
Reciprocal. There are a few more. We will look at them too.
Personal Pronouns
I, You, He/She, It - (Singular) We, You, They (Plural) are personal pronouns. Depending on their function in
a sentence they have case, as tabulated below. A noun cat is also shown for comparison.
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