On pronouns

Alright, now that we've talked about the different types of nouns, let's look a little more closely at pronouns.

Pronouns are defined as words that takes the place of a noun. Instead of writing: "Mis_nomer is an exciting wonderful blogger! Mis_nomer blogs about grammar all day long!" You could write: "Mis_nomer is an exciting wonderful blogger! She blogs about grammar all day long!"

"She" takes the place of "Mis_nomer", a proper noun, and hence is a pronoun.

Now, there are different types of pronouns. I've categorised them under "Person", "Thing" and "In-between". (Ok, no laughing about the "in-between" category.) Take a look at this diagram.


Here's a quick run-through on what each means.

Personal: I, She, He, You
Possessive: Mine, Hers, Theirs
Reflexive: Myself, Herself, Themselves

Demonstrative: This is ludicrous!
Interrogative: What in the world are you talking about?
Relative: This is the blog that became boring and died a natural death.

Indefinite: Everybody, Anybody, Somebody, Someone, Everyone

I remember my nouns and pronouns with this mnemonic: I go to N.C.C. to do P.T.I. (Don't ask me what the "I" in the P.T.I stands for 'cos I don't know.)

Tomorrow we'll do adjectives!

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