These pronouns also show possession. Unlike possessive pronouns (see above), which are adjectives to nouns, these pronouns sit by themselves. Mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs are all absolute possessive pronouns.
Examples:
The tickets are as good as ours.
Shall we take yours or theirs?
Reciprocal Pronouns
Reciprocal pronouns are used for actions or feelings that are reciprocated. The two most common reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another.
Examples:
They like one another.
They talk to each other like they're babies.
Reflexive Pronouns
A reflexive pronoun ends ...self or ...selves and refers to another noun or pronoun in the sentence. The reflexive pronouns are: myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves.
Example:
John bakes all the bread himself.
(In this example, the reflexive pronoun "himself" refers back to the noun "John".)
Pronouns. 75. Classification Of Pronouns
According to their use,pronounsbelong to one of the following classes: (1) personal, (2) relative, (3) interrogative, (4) demonstrative, (5) indefinite.
1. As the name implies, personalpronouns(for example, I, his, her) relate topersons, 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 |
Possessive | 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. Relativepronouns(who, which, what, thai, whoever, etc.) relate directly to anounor pronoun in the precedingclause, and always introduce a dependent clause.
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Singular and Plural | |
Nominative | who |
Possessive | whose |
Objective | whom |
3. Interrogativepronouns(who, which, and what) are used to askquestions.
4. Demonstrativepronouns(this, that, these, those) "point out" clearly the person or thing referred to. (For demonstrativeadjectivessee sect. 96).
5. In contrast to the demonstrativepronounsare the indefinitepronouns, 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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