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  • Pronouns are words that can stand in place of a noun. Why would you need a pronoun? There

  • are lots of different kinds of pronouns and they can do different things.

  • I, you, he, she, it, we, you, and they, can all replace nouns, no matter how big or small

  • they are, whether you are replacing only one noun, singular, or many nouns, plural. WE

  • use THEM all the time. I’LL light the fire. YOU place the flowers

  • in the vase that YOU bought todayWhen we use a pronoun, match the pronoun to

  • the noun. The elephant left footprints in the jungle. Use a singular pronoun to replace

  • a singular noun. If you want to replace the word ELEPHANT you use the pronoun IT. IT left

  • footprints in the jungle. Use a plural pronoun to replace a plural noun: For FOOTPRINTS,

  • you need a plural pronoun. The elephant left THEM in the jungle.

  • Whenever you use a pronoun, the NOUN you are replacing should be clear. We took the test

  • in the morning; IT was easy. Here, the word IT refers to TEST. TEST is theantecedent

  • of the word IT. In your writing, be sure you have a clear antecedent, a noun the pronoun

  • refers to, so that no one gets confused.

  • This, that, these and those are Demonstrative pronouns. These tell us ordemonstrate

  • which or what nouns you want to identify. THESE kittens are cute. THIS steak is raw.

  • Here, the pronouns are actually telling you something about the subject, so they work

  • in this sentence as adjectives. But demonstrative pronouns can also work as subjects on their

  • own: THESE are cute. THIS is raw.

  • When you want to show possession, you need a “Possessive pronoun

  • My, your, his, hers, its, yours, ours, theirs are possessive pronouns. MY hair is a mess.YOUR

  • speech is excellent. HIS book makes me cry. ITS fur is soft. This magazine is YOURS. OUR

  • house is a very, very fine house.

  • Some pronouns are used to ask questions: who, whom, which, and what are interrogative pronouns.

  • WHO is there? WHOM were you addressing? WHICH chocolate bar is the yummiest? WHAT are you

  • doing this summer?

  • Some pronouns are calledindefinitebecause they don’t describe a specific noun:

  • all, any, anyone, anything, each, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, nobody, none,

  • one, several, some, somebody, and someone. Listen for the indefinite pronouns in these

  • lyrics:

  • I’d do ANYTHING for you dear, ANYTHING, for you mean EVERYTHING to me….

  • Sometimes a pronoun is used to connect part of the sentence to another. When a pronoun

  • is used to link the parts of a sentence together, it’s called a relative pronoun.

  • who, whom, that, which, where, when can be used as relative pronouns. Sheridan Whiteside

  • is famous for being the man who came to dinner and never went home. Gandalf is the wizard

  • WHOM I most admire. Apple pie is the dessert THAT makes me feel at home. She talks incessantly

  • WHICH makes it hard to get a word in edgewise. New York is the place WHERE I grew up. Summer

  • vacation is a time WHEN I can really unwind. A relative pronoun refers to a noun that immediately

  • precedes it. “The Man Who Came to Dinner” - Here, the pronounwhorefers toman,”

  • making it a relative pronoun. Whichever, whoever, and whomever are also relative pronouns. You

  • can use whichever notebook most appeals to you.Please give the key to whoever needs to

  • open that cabinet. I can go to the dance with whomever I wish.

Pronouns are words that can stand in place of a noun. Why would you need a pronoun? There

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英語語法基礎知識。什麼是代詞? (English Grammar Basics: What is a Pronoun?)

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