Pronouns. 75. Classification Of Pronouns
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Pronouns. 75. Classification Of Pronouns
According to their use, pronouns belong to one of the following classes: (1) personal, (2) relative, (3) interrogative, (4) demonstrative, (5) indefinite.
1. As the name implies, personal pronouns (for example, I, his, her) relate to persons, and by their form clearly indicate whether they refer to the person speaking, the person spoken to, or the person or thing spoken of.
First Person | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | I | we |
my or mine | our or ours | |
Objective | me | us |
Second Person | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | you | thou | you |
Possessive | your or yours | thy or thine | your or yours |
Objective | you | thee | you |
Third Person | Singular | Plural | ||
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||
Nominative | he | she | it | they |
Possessive | his | her or hers | its | their or theirs |
Objective | him | her | it | them |
2. Relative pronouns (who, which, what, thai, whoever, etc.) relate directly to a noun or pronoun in the preceding clause, and always introduce a dependent clause.
Singular and Plural | |
Nominative | who |
Possessive | whose |
Objective | whom |
3. Interrogative pronouns (who, which, and what) are used to ask questions.
4. Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) "point out" clearly the person or thing referred to. (For demonstrative adjectives see sect. 96).
5. In contrast to the demonstrative pronouns are the indefinite pronouns, which do not specify a particular thing or person and are therefore called indefinite. For example, all, any, many, several, each, neither.
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