Common Errors in use of – Pronoun
1. Personal pronoun- I, you, he, me, she, them
Personal pronouns
2, 3, 1
Second person, third person, first person
,
1, 2, 3
first person, Second person,
third person
-- you he and I are going to the party.
I you and he have stolen the money.
pronoun
verb
object
verb
subject
Nominative/Subjective case
Objective case
Nominative case – I, we, you, he, she, it, they
Objective case – me, us, you, him, her, it, them
(a) Let
(b)Preposition
objective case
pronoun
objective case
Let her and me sleep.
pronoun
She laughed at
you and him.
(c)Than
Nominative case
comparison
Nominatives
He runs faster than I.
(d)Than
objective case
She loves you more than me.
comparison
objectives
2. Distributive Pronoun- Each, either, neither
(a) Each
each of the students is doing
this work.
(b) Either, Neither
Neither of these two girls has
done this work.
Either
Any/anyone
Neither
None
3. Demonstrative Pronoun-this, that, these, those, such
(a) This
These
This
These
(b) That
This is a present from my uncle.
Those
That
Those
Those books are mine.
4. Indefinite Pronoun-anybody, everything, something, anything,
nothing, everyone, anyone, no one, Someone, everybody, nobody,
somebody
(a)
one
one,possessive-one’s
(b) Some
pronouns
bought any book.
sentence
subject
Nominative-one,Objectiveone should love one’s country.
Reflexive-oneself
pronouns
Negative sentence
Affirmative sentence
any
He has bought some apples, She has not
5. Reflexive Pronoun – Myself, yourself, himself, ourselves, itself
(a) Enjoy, pride, absent, introduce, cheat, satisfy, busy
Reflexive pronoun
Male
Object
She introduced herself to the principal.
(b) Reflexive pronoun
baby
verbs
sentence
female sex
subject
Child, infant,
Reflexive pronoun – itself
,
The baby has hurt itself.
6. Emphatic Pronoun- Myself, yourself, himself, ourselves, itself,
themselves
subject
Emphasize
Emphatic pronoun
Emphatic pronoun
Subject
they
themselves admitted their guilt.
7. Relative Pronoun-Who, whom, whose, which, that
(a) Who
human beings)
which
This is the boy who broke the glass.
(b) That
,
Who
which
This is the boy that broke the glass.
(c) Superlative degree, only, none, all (everything
Who, whom, which
She is the most intelligent girl that I know.
the same
That
(d) Who
Nominative case
verb
objective case
verb
whom
The girl whom I met today
was amit’s friend.
8. Interrogative Pronoun-Who, whom, whose, which, What
(a) Who
(b) which
person)
who is knocking at the door.
person)
thing)
selection)
which of these pictures do you like most?
(c) Preposition
whom
Who
By whom was the glass broken?
9. Exclamatory Pronoun-What
Interrogative word “what”
Exclamatory pronoun
surprise)
What ! you don’t know sachin?
10. Reciprocal Pronoun-Each other, one another
Each other
one another
The four brothers quarreled with one another.
They both gave evidence against each other.