Pronoun

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In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a pro-form that substitutes for a noun phrase. The replaced phrase is the antecedent of the pronoun.


Demonstrative 
deictic words that indicate which entities a speaker refers to, and distinguishes those entities from others.
interrogative 
a function word used for the item questioned in a question.
Personal 
a part of grammar that relate to objects of a sentence, usually (but not always), people or animals.
possessive 
a part of speech that attributes ownership to someone or something.
relative 
a pronoun that marks a relative clause within a larger sentence.

List of Pronouns

Below is a nearly exhaustive list of English pronouns. They are personal, demonstrative, indefinite, intensive, interrogative, and reflexive (not in alphabetical order yet):

  1. all
  2. its
  3. something
  4. another
  5. itself
  6. that
  7. any
  8. many
  9. their
  10. anybody
  11. me
  12. theirs
  13. anyone
  14. mine
  15. them
  16. anything
  17. my
  18. themselves
  19. both
  20. myself
  21. these
  22. each
  23. neither
  24. they
  25. either
  26. nobody
  27. this
  28. everbody
  29. none
  30. this
  31. everyone
  32. no one
  33. us
  34. everything
  35. nothing
  36. we
  37. few
  38. one
  39. what
  40. he
  41. others
  42. which
  43. her
  44. our
  45. who
  46. hers
  47. ours
  48. whom
  49. herself
  50. ourselves
  51. whose
  52. him
  53. several
  54. you
  55. himself
  56. she
  57. your
  58. his
  59. some
  60. yours
  61. I
  62. somebody
  63. yourself
  64. it
  65. someone
  66. yourselves

Archaic pronouns

Personal pronouns

  • thee
  • thou
  • thy
  • thine
  • thyself
  • thineself

Collective pronouns

  • mine
  • ye

Examples

The following are examples of archaic second person singular pronoun in English (they were used wherever we would say you to indicate only one person):

  • Thou wast in the next room. (one person, subject)
  • Ye were in the next room. (several people, subject)
  • I saw thee in the next room. (one person, object)
  • I saw you in the next room (several people, object)
  • That is thy room. (one person, possessive)
  • That is your room. (several people, possessive)
  • That room is thine. (one person, predicate possessive)
  • That room is yours. (several people, predicate possessive)

Example sentences

  • I saw thee and thy friend John getting into a car.
  • Wast thou going somewhere with him?
  • I saw thee sitting behind the wheel, so I thought thou wert (or thou wast) the driver.
  • Was the car his or thine?
  • I didn't know thou hadst thy license.

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