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PRONOUNS

PRONOUNS. Different Types of Pronouns: What are they to you ? Just this... . I. She. Us. He. Him. Who. We. It. Her. They. Me. Them. Their. That. Y’all. Mine. Our. Definition of Pronouns.

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PRONOUNS

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  1. PRONOUNS

  2. Different Types of Pronouns: What are they to you? Just this... I She Us He Him Who We It Her They Me Them Their That Y’all Mine Our

  3. Definition of Pronouns A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Writers must use the correct pronoun so that readers clearly understand which noun each pronoun is referring to— Which is it’s ---------?

  4. Antecedent • Ante- is Latin for “before” and –cedereLatin for “to go” • So a pronoun replaces a noun that goes before it … • Example: Nate won his money today! The proper noun, Nate, is being replaced by the pronoun his.

  5. AGREEMENT • Pronouns must agree with the noun they are replacing in gender and in number. • For example, you would not write that Nate won her money today! OR Nate won their money today! The first would not agree in gender and the 2nd would not agree in number …

  6. PERSONAL PRONOUNS Personal Pronouns in English are used to replace nouns that refer to people. Personal Pronouns can be used as the sentences subject or objective. Ex.s: I - Iwent to the store.(Subj) We - We went to the store. (Subj) Her - Al is going to give her the books soon. (Obj)

  7. Problem with Personal Pronouns English doesn't have singular and plural forms of "you". "You" is used for both male and female and singular and plural. Do youunderstand? This is why some people use the slang - Y’all or Youse guys for the plural use.

  8. Demonstrative Pronouns • The four (4) demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, those. • A demonstrative pronoun identifies or points out a noun or pronoun. • EX: That is a sad face!

  9. This ‘n That ‘n These n’ Those • This and These refer to nouns that are nearby in time or space. Ex. This book is mine. • That and those refer to nouns that are further away in time or space. Ex. That book over there is yours.

  10. More ofThis ‘n That ‘n These n’ Those This and That refer to singular nouns; Ex. This game is fun. Ex. That other game is not fun. These and Those refer to plural nouns. Ex. These games are fun. Ex. Those other games are not fun.

  11. Examples • This tastes delicious. (This is subj. of sentence.) • I don't like this. (This is direct obj of sentence.) • That will run for an hour. (That is subj. of sentence.) • Jim wrote that. (That is direct obj of sentence.) • These look good. (These is subj. of sentence.) • I'll take these. (These is direct obj of sentence.)

  12. Pronoun Video

  13. LIST OF PRONOUNS A • all another any anybody anyone anything • B • both • E • each each other either everybody everyone everything • F • few • H • he her hers herself him himself his • I through OI • I it its itself • L • little • M • many me mine more most much my myself • N • neither no one nobody none nothing

  14. Personal Pronouns, etc. Singular 1st person: I, my, mine, me 2nd person: you your, yours you 3rd person: he, she, it, his, her, hers, its, him, her, it Plural 1st person: we, our, ours, us 2nd person: you, your, yours, you 3rd person: they, their, theirs, them

  15. Subject and Object forms • Your turn to enter data!

  16. O one one another other others our ours ourselves S through YS several she some somebody someone something T that their theirs them themselves these they this those U us W we what whatever which whichever who whoever whom whomever whose Y you your yours yourself yourselves

  17. Possessive Pronouns • Pronouns that replace nouns AND show ownership Stand alone: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs Place before nouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their NOTE: NO APOSTROPHE “ses”!

  18. Possessive Pronouns II • That computer is hers. > Stand alone • That is her computer. > Place before noun • Is that cat mine? > Stand alone • Is that my cat? > Place before noun

  19. Indefinite Pronouns • PRONOUNS that refer to unspecified persons or things. They serve different roles: • quantifiers (some, any, enough, several, many, much); • They answerhow many? or how much? • universals (all, both, every, each); • They answerwhich ones? and • partitives (any, anyone, anybody, either, neither, no, nobody, some, someone). • They answerwho?

  20. Indefinite Pronouns II • The indefinite pronouns anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, no one, nobody , each, much, and one are always singular. • Think of anybody and everybody as referring to each “single body” = one body = singular • Logically many, few, both, several, etc. are always plural—always more than one.

  21. Indefinite Pronouns III • Indefinite pronouns are less specific than personal pronouns and have fewer forms. • Singular onlySingular orpluralPlural only everyone / everybody all both anyone / anybody any few someone / somebody some several no one / nobody none many each / much / one more   either / neither most

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