English: Pronoun

PRONOUN (for noun)

The word used instead of a noun is called pronoun

Ex-      Sam is my friend.

            I met Sam in a function. ( I met him in a function).

            Sam stays in hostel. ( He stays in hostel).

Here, we use “he” instead of Sam.

Kinds of pronoun

• personal --  I, we , she , her, mine etc
• demonstrative – this , that , these , those
• distributive – Either, neither
• indefinite – any, each, some
• reflexive – Myself, yourself, himself
• emphatic – myself, himself
• reciprocal – each other, one another
• interrogative – which, what

Case chart

Cases → Person ↓	Nominative		Objective		Possessive
	Singular	plural	Singular	plural	Singular	plural
1st person	I	We	Me	Us	My/mine	Our
2nd person	You	You	You	You	Your	your
3rd person	He/ she	They	Him/her	Them	His/her	Their

Rules

** pronouns are always case sensitive

Ex-      He is taller than me. (Wrong)

            He is taller than I.  (Right)

** when all the 3 persons are to be used together in a sentence, they should be used in 2,3,1 pattern.

Ex- you, he & I are declared as the best students.

** when subjects are in danger, at that time 123 pattern.

Ex- I, you and he are summoned by the court