{"id":71811,"date":"2019-08-28T05:37:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T05:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=71811"},"modified":"2019-08-28T06:19:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T06:19:50","slug":"pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The part of speech which includes words like <em><strong>it, you, they, he, somebody, anything and who<\/strong><\/em>. A pronoun is usually a single word, and it forms a complete noun phrase all by itself. Pronouns are divided into several subclasses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal pronouns (like me and she)<\/li>\n<li>Interrogative pronouns (like who and what)<\/li>\n<li>Relative pronouns (like who and which)<\/li>\n<li>Indefinite pronouns (like somebody and anything)<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrative pronouns (like this and those)<\/li>\n<li>Reflexive pronouns (like myself and themselves)<\/li>\n<li>Reciprocal pronouns (like each other and one another)<\/li>\n<li>Possessive pronouns (like mine and hers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reciprocal pronouns<\/h3>\n<p>A construction which indicates that two or more people or things are acting upon one another in the same way.<\/p>\n<p>In English, reciprocal constructions are expressed with the reciprocal pronouns<strong> each other and one another.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Examples are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The suspects blamed <em><strong>one another<\/strong><\/em> for the crime.<\/li>\n<li>They sat for two hours without talking to<strong><em> each other.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reflexive pronoun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any construction which indicates that two noun phrases in a sentence refer to the same person(s) or thing(s).<\/p>\n<p>In English, a reflexive sentence contains a reflexive pronoun. Examples are: <strong><em>myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves and yourselves.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I cut myself shaving this morning.<\/li>\n<li>Alice doesn\u2019t know what to do with herself.<\/li>\n<li>Peter saw himself in the mirror.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Relative pronoun<\/h3>\n<p>A pronoun which introduces a relative clause. The English relative pronouns are <strong><em>who, whom, whose, which and that.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In most cases, the use of a relative pronoun is optional in English, and informal speech favours its omission. In the following examples, the relative pronoun is optional.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The woman <em><strong>(who)<\/strong> <\/em>you were talking to is my boss.<\/li>\n<li>Paris is a city <strong><em>(that)<\/em><\/strong> I have always wanted to visit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>That<\/strong> is common as a relative pronoun in identifying clauses. It can refer to things, and in an informal style to people. In non-identifying clauses, <strong><em>that<\/em><\/strong> is unusual.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you got a book <strong><em>that (or which)<\/em><\/strong> is really easy to read?<\/li>\n<li>I lent him \u2018Pride and Prejudice\u2019, <em><strong>which<\/strong><\/em> is really easy to read. (NOT I lent him \u2018Pride and Prejudice\u2019 that is really easy to read.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The part of speech which includes words like it, you, they, he, somebody, anything and who. A pronoun is usually a single word, and it forms a complete noun phrase all by itself. 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