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Grammarians classify pronouns into several types, including the personal

pronoun, the demonstrative pronoun, the interrogative pronoun, the

indefinite pronoun, the relative pronoun, the reflexive pronoun,

and the intensive pronoun.

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A subjective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence. The subjective personal pronouns are I, you, she, he,

it,we,you, they.

Example :

You are surely the strangest child I have ever met.

After many years, they returned to their homeland.

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An objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun isacting as an object of a verb, compound verb, preposition, orinfinitive phrase. The objective personal pronouns are: "me," "you,“"her,“"him," "it," "us," "you," and "them."

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Interrogative Pronouns

An interrogative pronoun is used to ask

questions.

The interrogative pronouns are "who,"

"whom," "which,“

"what

" and the compounds formed with the suffix

"ever“

("whoever," "whomever," "whichever," and

"whatever")

Example : Which wants to see the dentist first?

Who wrote the novel Rockbound?

Whom do you think we should invite?

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You can use a relative pronoun is used to link

one phrase or clause to another phrase or clause

Example : You may invite whomever you like to

the party.

candidate who wins the greatest popular vote is

not always elected.

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Paragraph

Alex bought a ticket to the soccer

game.he put it in his pocket and forgot about

it, the next day his put his shirt in the wash, the

ticket came out of the washing machine and

dryer neary illegible. But when Alex took it to the

game, the ticket taker accepted it and Alex in.