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Patria severino
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Pronouns

Pronouns
- a word used in place of a noun

Classification of Pronouns

1. Personal Pronouns - a pronoun used as a subject, it may refer to the speaker, the one being talked about, and the one being talked to.
Ex.: 1st person: I, my, mine
2nd person: you, yours
3rd person: he, his, her, she, they, theirs

2. Interrogative Pronouns - it is used to ask question
Ex.: who, whom, which. what

3. Relative Pronoun - it is both a pronoun and a connective. When used as connectives, they introduce the kind of clause, such as dependent or subordinate clause or main clause.
Ex.: relative pronouns:
who, whom, whose, which, that, whoever, whomever and whichever

4. Demonstrative Pronouns- used to point out
Ex.: this, that, these, those

5. Indefinite Pronouns- does not indicate a definite number of noun
Ex.: another, both, any, anybody, anyone, either, neither, none

6. Compound and personal Pronouns - the pronouns which are added with self
Ex.: Himself, herself, yourself,itself

7. Reciprocal Pronouns - shows reciprocation
Ex.: each other, one another

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