Pronouns
Personal
pronoun
Personal
pronoun is a pronoun used for people, animals, objects, or specific things.
This form of pronoun depends on the role (subject, object, possessive), number,
person, and gender of the replaced noun.
Change of Shape on Personal Pronoun Unlike the noun that has the same form when it functions
as a subject or object and the addition of apostrophe when functioning as possessive, the change in
the pronoun refers to several parameters :
·
case (subjective,
objective, & possessive)
·
number (singular
& plural)
·
person (first,
second, & third)
·
gender (female, male,
& neutral
Number
|
Person
|
Case
|
||
Subjective
|
Objective
|
Possessive
|
||
Singular
|
1st
|
I
|
me
|
mine
|
2nd
|
you
|
you
|
yours
|
|
3rd
|
she, he, it
|
her, him, it
|
hers, his, its
|
|
Plural
|
1st
|
we
|
us
|
ours
|
2nd
|
you
|
you
|
yours
|
|
3rd
|
they
|
them
|
theirs
|
|
Possessive Personal Pronoun Subjective, Objective
Possessive pronouns
include my, mine, our, ours, its, his, her, hers, their, theirs, your and yours
- all words that demonstrate ownership.
Here are some
examples of possessive pronouns used in sentences:
·
The kids are yours and mine.
·
The house is theirs and its paint is flaking.
·
The money was really theirs for
the taking.
·
We shall finally have what is rightfully ours.
·
Their mother gets along well with yours.
·
What's mine is yours,
my friend.
·
The dog is mine.
·
The cat is yours.
·
The ring is hers.
·
The bag is theirs.
Possessive Adjectives with Gerunds
One thing that can
be confusing is the use of possessive adjectives with gerunds. Look at this
sentence:
I couldn’t take him
griping anymore.
What couldn’t I take
anymore, “him” or the “griping”? The sentence is ambiguous. The correct way is
to use a possessive pronoun. Here is the correct sentence:
I couldn’t take his griping anymore.
A few more examples
like this are:
·
Your taking the prize was a nice surprise.
·
The children make their beds
without my asking them to.
·
Their singing inspired us.
·
I so appreciated his helping
out.
·
Her coming to us was the right thing to
do.
·
I appreciate your understanding
of the matter.
·
I feel bad at his missing
this opportunity.
·
Their mocking of him was inappropriate.
·
I loved listening to his singing.
These examples help
to illustrate not only what possessive pronouns are but also how they can be
used to make a sentence more clear.
Reflexive Pronouns
In language, a reflexive pronoun, sometimes simply
called a reflexive, is a pronoun that is preceded or followed by the
noun, adjective, adverb or pronoun to which it refers (its antecedent) within the same clause.
In the English
language specifically,
a reflexive pronoun will end in ‑self or ‑selves,
and refer to a previously named noun or pronoun (myself, yourself, ourselves, etc.). Intensive pronouns, used for emphasis, take the
same form.
In generative grammar, a reflexive pronoun is an anaphor that
must be bound by its antecedent (see binding). In a general sense, it is anoun phrase that obligatorily gets its meaning
from another noun phrase in the sentence. Different
languages have different binding domains for reflexive pronouns, according to
their structure.
"Herself"
redirects here. For the toy elf, see Herself the
Elf.
"Yourself"
redirects here. For the song by Dream, see Yourself
(song).
"Myself",
"Oneself", and "Himself" redirect here. For other uses, see Myself (disambiguation), Oneself (disambiguation), and Himself (disambiguation).
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