26/05/2024
Weekly Grammar lessons:
2. Pronoun
A pronoun is used in the place of a noun or phrase. Or Pronouns are words that substitute a noun or another pronoun.
Examples - I, you, he, she, it, who, themselves.
This House belongs to us.
I won the race.
The matter is between Olivia and me.
Types of pronouns
1- Subject Pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, and they)
2- Object Pronouns (Me, you, him, her, it, us, and them)
3- Reflexive Pronouns (Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves)
4- Possessive Pronouns (Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs)
5- Demonstrative Pronouns (This, that, those, these)
6- Relative Pronouns (Who, which, that, whose)
Subject Pronouns - Subject pronouns are used as grammatical subjects in a sentence. A subject pronoun does the action of the sentence instead of receiving the action, as an object/objective pronoun does.
Subject pronouns are used to replace the subject (person or thing) of a verb.
We do NOT normally say:
Olivia is tall and Olivia is intelligent.
Saying the word "Olivia" twice is repetitive and does not sound natural.
We replace the Subject (Olivia) that appears the second time with a subject pronoun to avoid repetition (and in this case to avoid saying the name Olivia again.)
So we would say:
Olivia is tall and she is intelligent.
We replace the second "Olivia" with the Subject Pronoun "She".
Examples – (I, you, he, she, it, we, and they)
I am from United States of America.
My friends and I are having a great time!
The time is seven o'clock.
Object Pronouns - Object pronouns are used as grammatical objects in the sentence: the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition. An object pronoun receives the action instead of doing the action itself. They are contrasted with subject/subjective pronouns.
Examples – (Me, you, him, her, it, us, and them)
I like you but you don't like me.
He loves sitting next to her.
She always writes e-mails to us.
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