PRONOUN
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A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. Pronouns appear in various forms

Personal Pronouns
Subject Form	Object Form
I	me
you	you
he, she, it	him, her, it
we	us
you	you
they	them

The man called the girl. He called her.
The girl called the man. She called him.
Subjects can be replaced only by personal pronouns in their subject forms. This applies also to the objects
1. The subject of a verb should always be written in the subject form
I like music (I is the subject of the verb, like) He and she sold tickets
(He and she are the subjects of "sold")
Did Amie or she answer the phone ?
You and I will stay behind.
2. A pronoun coming after a linking verb should be written in the subject form. Linking verbs do not express action and are mainly derived from the verb BE: am, is, are, was, were, and verb phrases ending in be or been, such as will be, may be, should be, has been, must have been, should have been.
Where are he and she?
It may be he at the door .
The speakers are he and I .
Do you think it was they
Everyone believed it was (he, him).
It might have been (she, her) that he meant.
Our visitors could have been (them, they).
If it had been (her, she), I would have known.
3. Direct and Indirect objects of a verb are written in the object form.
Alie surprised us.
Our aunt gave him and me a job.
I told them to wait.
She called me in the morning.
4. The object of a preposition should be written in the object form.
The race went on without him and me
Are you talking to me?
I was with Isata and him.
I was waiting for them.
Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns	Possessive Adjectives
mine	my
yours	your
his, hers, its	his, her, its
ours	our
yours	your
theirs	their

All the possessive pronouns except mine end in S. Remember that an apostrophe should never be added to the S.
This house is - (ours, our, our's ours')
The hat is (yours, yours', your's).
The breakdown of our marriage is no fault of ...
A. me B. my C. mine D. I WASSCE June 2003
There is one confusion with its because there is another with an apostrophe - it's .
Its belongs to the possessive pronouns discussed above; it's is the short form for it is or it has.
The school will not allow its chairs to be taken out. It's because people may not return them. Africa is wasting its resources. It's raining. It's nice to see the Dog wagging its tail, but it's odd to see the tail wagging the dog.
Note also that the possessive adjective their can be easily confused with there. The former (their) is a possessive adjective and it usually comes before a noun to modify it. The latter (there) is an adverb of place.
There are many people at their house.
Is there a place for me?
Where there is a will there is a war.
I didn't know their problems until I got there.
If you see their school, you can go there.

The following expressions must be avoided.
His book and my own are different.
That your bag should be left behind

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns	Relative Pronouns
myself	SUBJECT
yourself	who, which, that
himself, herself, itself	OBJECT
ourselves	whom, that
yourselves	POSSESSIVE
themselves	whose

The object refers to the
same individual or group
as the subject. Here the
subject performs the
action of the verb on
itself.The pronoun must
correspond with the
subject :
He corrected himself. You will hurt yourself. They are deceiving themselves.
One must not forget oneself.
The baby will hurt itself.
Do not separate the self or selves from the pronoun: These are wrong: my self, them self.
The following should be avoided: his self, hiself, ourself, themself theirself, theirselves
Reflexive pronouns can also be used to emphasize.
I myself will see the manager.
She will go there herself to see the result.

Relative Pronouns
These are words, which relate (or refer) to another word or idea in a sentence.
They are: who, which, that, whom, whose
Two relative pronouns (who, which) refer to the subject.
Whom refers to the object only. That can relate either to the subject or object.
This is the man who called me.
This is the man whom I called.
That is the pen, which was stolen.
The book, which you gave me, is interesting. Whom are you talking to?
Some relative pronouns can also take suffixes like -ever or -soever
Whosoever comes, tell him to go back
THAT can also be used after these words:
ANY, LITTLE, ALL and NONE.
All that I want is my freedom.
The little that is left is for you.
Any that remains will be collected later.
We may also use THAT after superlatives. This is the strongest team that I know.
These are the easiest that I can recall.

Distributive Pronoun
Everybody everyone, either, everything, neither, each other, one another
They normally agree with singular verbs because they take persons or things separately or as individuals.
Everybody knows him very well.
Each of them has a bag.
Either and neither are used of two persons or things and, as mentioned above, take singular verbs.
Each other refers to two individuals.
One another refers to more than two.
The two friends greeted each other.
The three friends greeted one another.
All the people in the village hate one another
Reflexive pronouns should never be used to replace each other or one another.
The two boys are abusing themselves (wrong)
In the meeting we spoke to ourselves, (wrong)
Each other and one another must indicate reciprocal action.
Note the following:
Joe and Abu looked at themselves in the mirror.
Joe and Abu looked at each other in the mirror.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let us come together to know ��. Better".
A. each other B. one another C. us D. ourselves

Quantitative Pronouns
These pronouns may be divided into 3 groups:
1: some, somebody, someone, something, somewhere
2: any, anybody, anyone, anything, anywhere
3:none, nobody, no one, nothing, nowhere

SOME is used in an affirmative sentence.
a. Umu has some books in her house.
b. I have something to tell you.
c. He knows somebody in Yengema.
d. Kadiatu has someone helping her.
e. Nyandehun is somewhere in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.

SOME (with Polite questions)
If we are making a polite request or offer, it is appropriate to use some.
a. Would you like some help?
b. Would you like some more tea ?

ANY with negative sentences:
We generally use ANY in sentences having not or n't
a. She doesn't want any food today.
b. He doesn't have anywhere to stay.
c. They didn't know anybody there.
Sentences containing scarcely, barely, hardly or expressing doubt are considered negative and take any.
Scarcely any remained for the next day.
I doubt if any of them returned.

ANY with Interrogative Sentences
We use ANY in question sentences.
a. Do you have any friends in Pujehun?
b. Does anybody have the time?
c. Is there anything to eat?

ANY with the Affirmative
We use any when one is given a choice from the whole range of possibilities:
a. You can borrow any of my books.
b. They can choose anything from the menu.
c. You may invite anybody, I don't mind.

Words formed with NO (nothing, nobody, nowhere, no-one) are used in affirmative sentences to give a negative sense to the sentence:
I don't know anybody. = I know nobody.
He doesn't want anything.=He wants nothing
a. There is nobody in the house.
b. There is nothing to eat.
c. Some people have nowhere to go at night.

PRONOUNS: Past Questions (multiple choice)
1) Everyone talks about honesty, scarcely �� practises it.
A. someone B. no one
C. anyone D. somebody
2) I hate that habit of ��.
A, him B. he C. his own D. his
3) Please bring that book,���. mine.
A, its B. he's C. it's D. it
4) My sister and�.were left to take care of the house.
A. I B. me C. myself D. himself
5)This is the man��..daughter was injured yesterday.
A, which B. who C. whose D. whom
6) Oh! Those bicycles belong to them. They are��..
A. ours B. theirs C. there's D. yours
7) These are mine, the other are�..
A. yours B. your's C. yours' D. you
8) In�..name was the cheque drawn?
A. its B. he's C. it's D. whose
9) My duty is to command,��..to obey.
A. your B. your's C. yours' D. yours
10) To��does this peace of land belong?
A. who B. whose C. which D. whom
11) The old lady doesn't have���to talk to
A. somebody B. someone
C. anybody D. nobody
12) All��.the chief said was reported in the dailies. A. what B. which C. that D. this
13) The house belongs to the Sims; it's ��..
A. their's B. theirs C. there's D. theirs'
14) Is that the girl�.you gave your book?
A. who B. whose C. to whom D. to which
15) He said that ��were more than ten students in the classroom.
A. their B. there C. there're D. that
16) After ten years of separation, Mary, James and John met suddenly. They just stared at �
A. one another B. themselves
C. oneself D. each other
17) The twins loved��.so tenderly.
A. each other B. themselves
C. each other's D. one another
18)The musicians are playing..instrument well.
A. their B. there C. theirs D. they
19) This is all�.I wish to tell you.
A. that B. what C. which D. when
20) Mrs. Bata has lost an uncle of��
A. hers B. her C. she's D. her's
21) When a lizard loses�.tail it grows another.
A. her B. his C. its D. it's
22) You may give the book to�.you please
A. whichever B. who C. whom D. what
23) To know one's fault one has to examine�
A. itself B. one C. oneself D. one's
24) It was�.who drove the car out.
A. my B. myself C. mine D. I
25)The woman,..I think is a doctor, has arrived
A. which B. whose C. whom D. who