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Generally (but not always) pronouns stand for (pro +noun) or refer to a noun, an individual or individuals orthing or things (the pronoun's antecedent) whoseidentity is made clear earlier in the text.

For instance:

They say that eating beef is bad for you.

Not all pronouns will refer to an antecedent, however.

Everyone here earns over a thousand dollars a day.

This section will list and briefly describe the severalkinds of pronouns.


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SUBJECT PRONOUN OBJECT PRONOUN

I MeYou You

He Him

She Her

It It

We Us

You You

They Them

Note the examples of the differences between the

subject and object:She saw herat the supermarket.She saw us at the restaurant.You gave me a present.


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The demonstrative pronouns are meant to indicate something. They are:this, that, these and those.

The pronoun "this" should be used to indicate somethingthat is singular andnear speaker.Ex.: This car is really cool.Referring to something singular and far, the speaker should use "that".Ex.: That is my new neighbor.However, when referring to something close, only in the plural, the speaker

should use "these ".Ex.: These tickets are too expensive.The "those" should be used whenever the speaker wants to demonstratesomething that is plural and farther away.Ex.: Those are my classmates.

Recalling: "This" near / natural

"These" near / plural

"That" far / natural

"Those" far / plural


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These are words that refer to the terms mentioned previously.Who and Whom refers to people.

Ex.: The boy whom I saw is beautiful.

The boy who I saw is beautiful.Which can refer to objects and animals.

Ex.: The dog which entered the room is sick.

The dog which you saw is sick.That can refer to people, objects and animals. Can not

be used with preposition.Ex.: The boy that arrived is beautiful.

The boy that I saw is beautiful.

The dog that you saw is sick.Whose Indicates a relationship of possession, that is, its

antecedent is always theowner. There can be omitted.Ex.: That s the girl whosecarwas stolen.

The carwhose the dooris open is very old.

I know the authorwhosestories you like.

I have the bookwhose the stories you like.

See: substantive.


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IndefinitePronouns -Singular

Examples

Another Thanks, Illhave another.

Anybody /Anyone

Anyone can seeit!

Anything Anything canhappen now.

Each Each has hisown opinions.

Either Eitherwill do it.

Enough Enough isenough.

Everybody /Everyone

Everybody isgoing home.

Everything Everything isnice here

Less Less is more.

Indefinitepronouns- Singular

Examples

Little Little is knownabout thedinosaurs.

Much Much was told onthe class.

Neither Neitherworkedthere.

No one / Nobody Nobody wants to

be her.

Nothing Nothing willchange it.

One Onemight think its

Other One was fat andthe otherwas slim.

Somebody /Someone

Someone couldhelp you.

Something Something haschanged.


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Indefinitepronouns -Plural

Examples

Both Both are idiots!

Few Few could behere.

Fewer Feweraresmoking these

days.

Many Many want tocome.

Others Others havedone it before.

Several Several left inthe box.

They Theysay thattomatoes are

healthy.

Infinite PronounsSingular orPlural

Examples

All All is over.

Any Is any left?

More More are doingthis.

Most Mosthavefinished the test.

None None of themare my friends.

Some Some havegone home.

Such Such is life.


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Reflexive pronouns can be used to express areflexive action (the action of the

verb falls on the subjectitself), function emphatic (the pronoun must match what we're emphasizing.) idiomatic function (ithas been the intention of informing thesubject practiced action alone, without anyone's

help. In this case, the reflexive pronoun must bepreceded by "by".) Reflexive PronounsMYSELF

YOURSELF

HIMSELF

HERSELF

ITSELF

OURSELVES

YOURSELVES

THEMSELVES

Exs.: Janet hurt herself.Virginia Woolf killed herself.

Tom was sitting there by himself.I did this myself!They paint the shoes themselves.


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The Interrogative Pronouns are pronouns used in the construction of questions.They are replacing the names or noun phrases in the questions, stating thetype of information being sought. They always start the sentence interrogative.They are: Who, Whom, What, Which, Where, When, How, Whose.Exs.: Who is our new teacher?Whom were you going with?With whom is your friend playing?What is your name?What do you do in your free time?Which TV program do you like?Where do you live?When did you talk to him?How can I say pronomes in English?Whose is that car?There are also some expressions interrogative pronouns formed by how and

what, accompanied by an adverb or verb, as: How long, How much, Howmany, How often, What about, What... like?.Exs.: How long have you been living in the same house?How much is this book?How many books did you buy?How often do you go to the movies?

What about changing your life?What is your boyfriend like?


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Morphological Analysis

For the most sophisticated.

For PrepositionThe Article

Most Pronoun

Sophisticated Adjective


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Anlise morfolgica

Para os mais sofisticados.

Para Preposio

Os Artigo

Mais Pronome

Sofisticados Adjetivo

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