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.
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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):
- all
- its
- something
- another
- itself
- that
- any
- many
- their
- anybody
- me
- theirs
- anyone
- mine
- them
- anything
- my
- themselves
- both
- myself
- these
- each
- neither
- they
- either
- nobody
- this
- everbody
- none
- this
- everyone
- no one
- us
- everything
- nothing
- we
- few
- one
- what
- he
- others
- which
- her
- our
- who
- hers
- ours
- whom
- herself
- ourselves
- whose
- him
- several
- you
- himself
- she
- your
- his
- some
- yours
- I
- somebody
- yourself
- it
- someone
- 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.
