All about pronoun

All about pronoun/Types of Noun

A pronoun is a word used instead of a Noun

1. Personal Pronouns
2. Possessive Pronouns
3. Demonstrative  Pronouns
4. Reflective and Emphasising Pronouns
5. Relative Pronouns
6. Interrogative Pronouns
7. Distributive Pronouns
8. Indefinite Pronouns
9. Reciprocal Pronouns

1. Personal Pronouns:

    First let us know what are the persons in English are

a). First person: 

The First which denotes the person speaking-Nesfield
 
  As: I, me, my, we, myself, ourselves etc---1st Person

b). Second person:

The Second which denotes the person speaking to-Nesfield.
     As: you, yourself, thou, thyself etc---2nd Person

c). Third person: 

The Third which denotes the person or thing spoken of -Nesfield.

     As: He, she, it, they, himself, herself, itself, all except 1st & 2nd persons are 3rd person ---3rd Person
A Pronoun that stands for First,Second or Third person is called a Personal Pronoun.

As: I am a student.
We are going to school.
You are a boy.
He is a doctor.
She is a nurse.
It is a good ring.
They are students.

2. Possessive Pronouns: The Pronoun that is used to show who or what is the owner or possessor of a thing.

Person	Singular	Plural
First	My, mine, my own	Our, ours, our own
Second	Thy, thine, thy own	Your, yours, your own
Third	His, his own Her , hers, her own Its, its own	Their, theirs, their own

3. Demonstrative Pronouns

A pronoun that demonstrate or point out a noun is called Demonstrative Pronouns.

As: That is a rat.
These are books.
This is a car.
The noun which is demonstrated by this pronoun is called Antecedent.
This/these denotes near
That/those denotes far

4. Reflective and Emphasising Pronouns:

Reflexive Pronouns:

A reflexive pronoun is used to show action done to the subject or to emphasize the subject-Nesfield

I have hurt myself.

I myself went to see him.

They played themselves.

The cat hurt itself.

Here subject and object are same person

A Emphatic pronoun is used to emphasize the subject-Nesfield

I myself went to meet him.

The girl herself did this.

He himself spoiled the relation.

Here pronoun is used just after the subject to emphasize the subject.

5. Relative Pronouns:

A pronoun that connects two sentences after linking and sitting after a noun. This is also called linker.

I know the boy who went there.

This is the car which was damaged yesterday

This is the boy who caught by police yesterday.

This is the pen that I wanted.

6. Interrogative Pronouns:

Interrogative pronoun is asking pronoun.

Who is this?

What do you want?

Whose sister are you?

 Interrogative pronoun has different forms for Nominative, Genitive and Accusative cases.

Nominative: Who

Genitive: Whose

Accusative: Whom

What and which do not have different forms for different cases.

7. Distributive Pronouns:

A pronoun that refers separately to one among many of the same kind is called a Distributive Pronoun.

Each of the girls got a gift.

Either of the two boys will go.

Neither of the two houses will suit me.

Either and Neither denote single person or thing, so there will be singular verb after these.

8. Indefinite Pronouns:

A pronoun that refers indefinitely to a person or thing is called an Indefinite Pronoun- Nesfield

One should respect one’s superiors.

None of them knew it.

Some say that he is rich.

Any of the pens will do.

Anybody can do this.

Many are present there.

It rains.

They say so.

None, One, Some, Any, Many, It, They etc do not signify any person or thing.

9. Reciprocal Pronouns:

The two boys help each other.

The four sisters love one another.

For two persons: each other

More than two: one another