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Pronouns. Pronouns fulfill Noun Slots. Personal pronouns: I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, it, its, we, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Pronouns

Pronouns

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Pronouns fulfill Noun Slots

Personal pronouns:– I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, he, him, his,

she, her, it, its, we, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs

Reflexive pronouns:– myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves,

yourselves, themselves

Intensive pronouns—same forms as reflexive

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More Pronouns

Reciprocal pronouns:– each other; one another

Demonstrative pronouns– Sometimes called demonstrative adjectives– this, that, these, those

Relative pronouns– who, whom, whose, which, that– And Indefinite Relative pronouns

whoever, whomever, whosever, whichever, whatever, what (in the sense of “what” = “that which”)

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Last gasp for pronouns

Interrogative pronouns– Sometimes called interrogative adjectives– who, whose, whom, which, what

Indefinite pronouns (partial list)– enough, few, fewer, less, little, many, much,

several, more, most, all, both, everyone, everything, everybody, each, any, either, neither, none, some, one, someone