Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Pronouns (Demonstrative Pronouns (Think of these as 'pointing'…
Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
-
-
-
Demonstrative pronouns are often found in informal speech, used with para-linguistic features. They can denote a sense of convenience when talking. Look for this in texts/transcripts. Of course they can also be used as rhetorical devices too: accusing; imperatives; declaratives; etc.
-
Indefinite Pronouns
-
-
-
Other examples include: Is there anybody there?; I don't know anything about pronouns!; You must know something by now!; Take no notice, she knows everything about pronouns; Do you have something for me?
Reciprocal Pronouns
-
Examples include: each-other; one another; etc,
-
Relative Pronouns
These link words in sentences. They still replace nouns, but also go after the nouns they are referring to: 'that'; 'which'; 'who'; 'whose'; 'whom'; etc,
Working examples: 'The straw that broke the camel's back'; 'I spoke to Sean, who seemed to understand'; etc.
Interrogative Pronouns
-
Working examples: 'Who put the bone china in the dishwasher?'; 'What is the capital of France?'; etc.
Determiners
These are pronouns when they stand by themselves, But, is they are teamed up with another noun, they are classed as determiners.
For example: consider the use of 'this' in these two examples:
'This is a useful handout' would be considered/classed as a pronoun, since it is 'on it's own'.
'This handout is new' would be classed as a determiner since it directly modifies the word 'handout'.
Pronouns
Him won the race easily
Third person, singular, "him" - personal pronoun
CHANGED TO
He won the race easily
Third person, singular, "he" - personal pronoun
-