Pronouns

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Rule

A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person, number, and gender.

Subject-Verb Agreement Rule

A subject must agree with its verb in person and number.

Pronoun

A word that takes the place of a noun or another pronoun

Interrogative Pronouns

Appear in the place of unnamed people, places, or objects and are used in asking questions. They are used as nouns or adjectives and their number and gender are determined by the antecedent. All are 3rd person.

Pronoun's Case

Nominative, Objective, Possessive

Parsing a Pronoun

Part of Speech, Kind, Person, Gender, Number, Use, and Case

Kinds of Pronouns

Personal, Demonstrative, Interrogative, Indefinite, Intensive, Reflexive, and Relative

Pronoun's Person

Refers to the relationship between the speaker and what is being said. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

Pronoun's Use

Subject, Predicate Nominative, Pronoun of Direct Address, Object of Preposition, Direct Object, Indirect Object, Pronoun in Apposition, and Adjective

Personal Pronouns

Take the place of known people, places objects, or ideas.

Indefinite Pronouns

Take the place of unknown people, places, objects, or ideas and might not have a known antecedent. Its antecedent may be implied or understood and may follow the pronoun. They are all 3rd person and their gender is determined by the antecedent.

Antecedent

The noun to which a pronoun refers. A pronoun must agree with it in person, number, and gender

Case-Use Agreement

The use of a pronoun must agree with its case

Intensive Pronouns

Used as Pronouns in Apposition and intensify the noun or pronoun that immediately precedes it. If they rename the subject, they may appear at the end of the sentence.

Reflexive Pronouns

Used as objects and always refer to the subject. They may also be used as Predicate Nouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Used to designate or point out some definite person, place , or object and may be used to avoid repetition of a noun. This and That are singular and These and Those are plural. Its Gender is determined by its antecedent. All are 3rd person