Pronouns in English Language
Pronouns in English Language

Summary/Abstract: The English pronoun, among other characteristics, is the part of speech that replaces the noun. The pronoun helps the speaker or the writer avoid repetition. English pronouns can be seen as connectors in communication. They help people express several things about the same person, thing, activity, etc, without mentioning the name, object or idea over and over again. The pronoun can be used in the same sentence with the noun that it stands for or it can be used to continue the same idea in separate sentences or phrases as in the examples: e.g.: Mark goes to work, he arrives there by bus. (In this case the personal pronoun he replaces the proper noun Mark within the same sentence). Whereas: Mark goes to work every day from Monday to Friday. Although he has two cars and all of them are his, he prefers to go to work by bus. (In this larger context – the personal pronoun he replaces the same proper noun Mark and the possessive pronoun his refers also to Mark). According to the Cambridge Dictionary 2023, in English there are eight types of pronouns: personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns, interrogative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, reciprocal pronouns and relative pronouns. For the personal pronouns we have (I, you, he, she…etc) , demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those), interrogative (who, whom, whose, which, what), indefinite (anybody, everyone, someone, anything, somebody, …etc), possessive (mine, yours, his, hers…etc), relative ( are similar to the interrogative pronouns, the difference is that they can also be used in forming affirmative or negative sentences), reciprocal (one another, each other) and reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself…etc). The 9th category of pronouns that is mentioned in other English grammar books is represented by the intensive pronouns. Although this division of English pronouns can vary depending on different grammatical analysis, English pronouns are an important part of speech because they can be found in almost every sentence; to know how and when to use them, helps foreign learners of English establish a good and fluent communication. Therefore, this article focuses on the description of the English pronoun, providing theory as well as examples.

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