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OTHER PRONOUNS

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OBJECTIVES

•Understand what a pronoun is• Identify types of pronouns•Explain person, number, case and gender

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OBJECTIVES

• Identify pronoun reference•Identify pronoun agreement•Identify pronoun shift•Use pronouns correctly

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DEFINITION

A pronoun takes the place of a noun.

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Jack went to the store; bought an apple

Jackhe

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TYPES OF PRONOUNS

• Personal – I, you he

• Relative – who, whom, that, which

• Indefinite – each, one, anyone

• Reflexive – myself, himself

• Intensive – himself, themselves

• Interrogative – who, whom, what, which

• Reciprocal – one another, each other

• Demonstrative – this, these, that, those

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GENERAL PRONOUN RULE 1• Pronouns must use the case of how they

function in the sentence.

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Jack was tired when he got home. So Mary and the children took him out to her favorite restaurant. They had tacos.

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GENERAL PRONOUN RULE 2• Pronouns must match (agree) with what they

take the place of (antecedent) in person, number and gender.

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Jack was tired when he got home. So Mary and the children took him out to her favorite restaurant. They had tacos.

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RELATIVE PRONOUNS

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1st2nd

3rd Who, That & Which Whom Whose

Person

PossessiveCase

Singular & Plural

Number Subjective Objective

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RELATIVE PRONOUN AGREEMENT

• Who, whom, which and that can be either singular or plural

• Find the antecedent to determine if it is singular or plural

• Each of the guests, who was invited to Thanksgiving, brought pie.

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WHO• Who or whom frequently start a

dependent clause

• Use who if it is the subject of the clause–Mary went to the doctor who was a

specialist.

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WHOM• Use whom as the object of a prepositional phrase

– To whom do you want me to address the letter?• Use whom if it is the direct object of the clause

– Mary went to the doctor whom she thought to be the best.

– She sang for whoever would listen.

HINT- find the verb in the clause then the subject.

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WHOSE

• Do not confuse whose with who’s–The student whose paper is best will

receive a scholarship.• Whose shows ownership of the paper

–Who’s the best writer in class?• Contraction of who is

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THAT• That is frequently omitted in a sentence

– Mary took the medicine she needed.• That often requires the subjunctive mood

– I wish that he were here.• That can refers to person or things• That is always restrictive (no commas)

– The book that was on the table needs to be returned to the library.

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WHICH

• In general which refers to things –The book, which I left on the table, must

be returned to the library.

• Some grammar books, including MSWord, insist which must be used with commas.

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RELATIVE PRONOUN EXERCISE

The book, which are on the desk, are necessary for school.

Grendal, who Beowulf killed, is the first monster to appear in English writing.

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INDEFINITE PRONOUNSALTHOUGH INDEFINITE PRONOUNS DO NOT CHANGE FORMS FOR PERSON, NUMBER, GENDER OR CASE, ALL ARE THIRD PERSON AND HAVE NUMBER.

Always singular• One• Each• Anyone• Some one• No one

Either singular or plural• Any• Some• All• None• Several

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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS — SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT• Some indefinite

pronouns are always singular

• Some indefinite pronouns can be either singular or plural

• The verb must match.

• Each of the students is ready for class.

• One of these days is my lucky day.

• All of the book is required reading.

• None of the books are on the test.

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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS — PRONOUN REFERENCEPronouns that

refer to an indefinite pronoun must match in number

• Each of the students prepared for his or her test.

• The students took the test although most of them did not study.

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CONFUSING PRONOUNS• Its = possessive of it• Your=possessive of

you• Their = possessive

of they• There = pronoun,

adjective, adverb

• It’s = it is

• You're = you are

• They’re = they are

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EXERCISE

The employees were pleased with the company because ________ gave annual pay raises.

a) itb) theyc) youd) we

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EXERCISE

"After everyone has earned ________ merit badge in swimming," said the Cub Scout leader, "we will have a pool party."

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EXERCISE

Each person who enters the building should have ________ name tag pinned where it can be clearly seen.

a) their

b) his or her c) your

d) her

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SUMMARY

• Pronouns must agree with their antecedent in gender, number and person

• Pronouns must match the case of how they function in the sentence

• Watch for gender bias

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