The Pronoun
Words which are used instead of nouns are called pronouns.
Classes of Pronouns: Pronouns are divided into seven classes viz. (i) Personal Pronoun, (ii) Relative Pronoun (iii) Demonstrative Pronoun, (iv) Interrogative Pronoun (v)Reflexiv Pronoun, (vi) Indefinit Pronoun and (vii) Distributive Pronoun.
Personal Pronoun: The pronoun, which represents a person,is called
'Personal Pronoun'. e.g.: I, you.
Personal pronouns have been divided into 'persons'.
First Person Pronouns: The pronouns, which are used by the person who is taking for himself, are called 'First Person Pronouns'. e.g.: I, we, me, us, my, our.
Second Person Pronouns: The pronouns, which are used for the person who is listening, are called 'Second Person Pronouns'. e.g. you, your.
Number and Gender of Personal Pronouns: As the 'pronouns' are used in place of some 'noun', the number nad gender of it are same as that of the relative noun.
Relative Pronoun: A pronoun which connects two statments is called 'Relative Pronoun'.
Example: I met Mohan who lives in Raipur. Here 'who' is relative pronoun.
Demonstrative Pronouns: The pronouns which points to some other person, place or thing, are called 'Demonstrative Pronouns'. e.g. he, she, they, it, him, his, her, them, their.
Note: Often demonstrative pronouns are erroneously treated as personal pronoun of third person, but a pronoun which do not denote a person directly can not be a personal pronoun. For personal pronous (like I, you etc.) naming of person no not necessary but 'He is a good man.' can not be said without naming the person for whom the pronoun 'he' is being used.
Interrogative Pronouns: The pronouns used for asking questions are called 'Interrogative Pronouns'. These are who, which and what.
Some example sentences are shown below as examples:
Who are you?
Which do you want?
What do you want?
Reflexiv Pronouns: Pronouns used to denote that the action of the subject is turned back upon himself, are called 'Reflxive Pronouns'.
Some example sentences are shown below as examples:
I hurt myself.
Know yourself.
Indefinite Pronouns: Pronouns which do not signify any particular person place or thing are called 'Indefinite Pronouns'. e.g. anybody, other etc.
Some example sentences are shown below as examples:
Anybody can do it.
Let another eat.
Distributive Pronoun: The pronouns each, either and neither are called 'Destributive Pronouns' as they denote all of of a class taken separately.
Some example sentences are shown below as examples:
Each of them has performed satisfactorily.
Either of the two pencils will do.
Neither of them came.