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Types of pronouns

Types of pronouns. Personal: he, she, it, us, my, your Demonstrative: this, these, that, those Interrogative or Relative: who, whom, whomever, which, that Indefinite: any, all, someone, anyone, none Intensive and reflexive: myself, themselves, herself. Introduction to pronouns.

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Types of pronouns

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  1. Types of pronouns • Personal: he, she, it, us, my, your • Demonstrative: this, these, that, those • Interrogative or Relative: who, whom, whomever, which, that • Indefinite: any, all, someone, anyone, none • Intensive and reflexive: myself, themselves, herself

  2. Introduction to pronouns Definition: A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Most pronouns have antecedents. My sister, who can be a bit manipulative, was trying to sell her car to her husband, but he knew that she had crashed it four years ago whenshe was dating my current boyfriend. Exception: It was raining. What is it?

  3. Personal Pronouns Person: 1st: I, me, my, us, we 2nd: you, your 3rd : he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, they, them Number: singular (I), plural (we) Gender: masculine (he), feminine (she), neutral (it) Case: subjective (she), objective (her), possessive (hers)

  4. Personal Pronoun Case Case cannot grammatically be switched. ____________ like(s) ____________. Which personal pronouns can go in these blanks?

  5. Objective _____________like(s)______________ Subjective I We You She He They me us you her him them

  6. Common Personal Pronoun case issues Compound subjects and objects *Test: remove the other subject or object to determine the case The new chairperson and (she/her) were planning to buy the staff and (I/me) giftcards, but the staff and (me/I) decided that (we/us) should get (they/them) something first.

  7. Common Personal Pronoun case issues Compound subjects and objects *Test: remove the other subject or object to determine the case was The new chairperson and she were planning to buy the staff and megiftcards, but the staff andI decided that we should get them something first. The new chairperson and she were planning to buy the staff and me giftcards, but the staff and I decided that we should get them something first.

  8. Common Personal Pronoun case issues Objects of prepositions *Objects of prepositions are always objective • For me • From him • Between you and me

  9. Practice Choose the correct pronoun: 1.  Maria and (her, she) laughed and talked well into the night. 2. That certainly is not (he, him) sitting in the first row of the theater. 3. Cora handed Tom and (I, me) the employment applications. 4. Between Joseph and (him, he), there really isn't much of a choice. 5. Among the applicants were Tom and (me, I).

  10. HOmework Tuesday 2/10: Typed paper #1 due for peer editing Thursday 2/12: Paper #1 due, read “Barbie-Q” p. 270-272 Exit pass: The 3rd person singular feminine subjective is “she”. Identify these pronouns: • 1st person, plural, objective pronoun • 3rd person, singular, possessive, neutral pronoun • 2nd person, plural, subjective, masculine pronoun

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