{"id":8856,"date":"2016-03-13T19:59:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T19:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/?p=8856"},"modified":"2016-03-14T15:53:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T15:53:25","slug":"english-review-of-pronoun-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/2016\/03\/13\/english-review-of-pronoun-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"English Review of Pronoun Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/h3>\n

Pronouns serve many different functions within sentences.\u00a0 Some personal pronouns substitute for the nouns they represent.\u00a0 Others introduce dependent clauses, while others are used when asking questions.\u00a0 Remember to make sure that pronouns agree in number, gender, and case with where they appear in the sentence or clause.<\/p>\n

Personal Pronouns<\/h3>\n

Personal pronouns are used in place of nouns.\u00a0 If the pronoun is to be used in place of the subject of the sentence or clause, the pronouns I<\/strong>, you<\/strong>, he<\/strong>, she<\/strong>, it<\/strong>, we<\/strong>, or they<\/strong> are used.\u00a0 If the pronoun is to be used in the place of the object of the sentence or clause, the pronouns me<\/strong>, you<\/strong>, her<\/strong>, him<\/strong>, us<\/strong>, and them<\/strong> are used.\u00a0 Suppose the sentence is \u201cJane is going to the store.\u201d\u00a0 The pronoun she<\/strong> would be used to substitute for the subject of the sentence, as in \u201cShe is going to the store.\u201d\u00a0 However, if the sentence were \u201cMary is going to the store with Jane,\u201d the pronoun her<\/strong> would be used to substitute for Jane, the object of the preposition with<\/strong>.\u00a0 The sentence would then be \u201cMary is going to the store with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Reflexive Personal Pronouns<\/h3>\n

Personal pronouns such as myself<\/strong>, yourself<\/strong>, himself<\/strong>, herself<\/strong>, itself<\/strong>, ourselves<\/strong>, yourselves<\/strong>, and themselves<\/strong> are often used for emphasis or to turn the action back on the subject.\u00a0 For example, \u201cI myself printed the letter,\u201d or\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThe falling trees themselves convinced me to turn back.\u201d\u00a0 However, reflexive personal pronouns are not substitutes for personal pronouns in sentences such as \u201cThe books were bought by John and me (not John and myself).\u201d<\/p>\n

Relative Pronouns<\/h3>\n

Relative pronouns, such as who<\/strong>, which<\/strong>, what<\/strong>, and that<\/strong>, introduce dependent clauses.\u00a0 They relate the clause to the rest of the sentence. For example, in the sentence, \u201cThe person who was hired for the job had experience negotiating contracts,\u201d the clause \u201cwho was hired for the job\u201d tells more about the person.\u00a0 Similarly, \u201cThe dogs that are in the Seattle Dog Show represent the top in their class.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Interrogative Pronouns<\/h3>\n

Pronouns that are used to ask questions are called interrogative pronouns (think of interrogation), such as who<\/strong>, which<\/strong>, and what<\/strong>.\u00a0 For example, \u201cWhat caused the explosion?,\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWho built the bomb?,\u201d and \u201cWhich type of bomb was it?\u201d\u00a0 The only time the pronoun changes case is when the pronoun who is the object of a preposition, and then it changes to whom, as in \u201cFor whom was the dagger meant?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Overview Pronouns serve many different functions within sentences.\u00a0 Some personal pronouns substitute for the nouns they represent.\u00a0 Others introduce dependent clauses, while others are used when asking questions.\u00a0 Remember to make sure that pronouns agree in number, gender, and case with where they appear in the sentence or clause. Personal Pronouns Personal pronouns are used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3892,3890,1407,3891],"class_list":["post-8856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-and-grammar","tag-interrogative-pronouns","tag-personal-pronouns","tag-pronouns","tag-relative-pronouns"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}