Pronoun
Pronoun may be defined as the word used in place of any noun.
Example; he, she, they, I, we, you and it
Example
Peter is handsome and He is wise. In the second example instead of Peter the word He is used hence “He” is the pronoun. Pronouns are used very often to refer to something.
Pronouns are divided into six Categories/Groups. These Categories/Groups are also known as cases.
1: Personal Pronouns: I, me, it, you, He, him, she, her, they and them,
2: Relative Pronouns: which, that, who, whom and whose,
3: Demonstrative Pronoun: this, these, that and those.
4: Possessive Pronouns: yours, mine, his, hers, ours and theirs.
5: Reflexive Pronouns: myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, ourselves and themselves.
6: Reciprocal Pronoun: each other and one another.
A detail of Each Case is given below:
There are six kinds of pronouns as mentioned and they are described as under.
1) Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns may be defined as those pronouns which describe any particular person or thing. They are also known as single or multiple and as Nominative (Subjective) and...
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