Pronouns
beginner24 min read
The kinds of pronoun, choosing the right case (subject, object, possessive), making a pronoun agree with its antecedent in number and person, avoiding vague or ambiguous reference, and the who-versus-whom and that-versus-which decisions.
What you will be able to do
- Name the kinds of pronoun and give an example of each.
- Choose the subject, object or possessive form correctly, including after prepositions and in compound subjects.
- Make a pronoun agree with its antecedent, and remove a vague or ambiguous reference.
- Decide between who and whom, and between that and which.
What is inside this lesson
- 1Kinds of pronoun
- 2Choosing the case
- 3Agreement with the antecedent
- 4Vague and ambiguous reference
- 5Who or whom, that or which
- 6Worked example: two items
- 7Common mistakes
- 8Quick revision
- 9Practice
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Kinds of pronoun
- Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they and their object and possessive forms.
- Possessive: my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs.
- Reflexive and intensive: myself, yourself, himself, ourselves. Reflexive when the object is the same as the subject (she taught herself); intensive for emphasis (the Governor herself signed it).
- Relative: who, whom, whose, which, that — they introduce a relative clause.
- Demonstrative: this, that, these, those.
- Interrogative: who, whom, whose, which, what — they ask a question.
- Indefinite: anyone, everyone, someone, no one, each, either, neither, all, some, none, few, many, several.
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