(me me you him him her her it them)
Used after a verb, such as He asks me to study hard. me is an object
Or after a preposition, such as I buy a book for him. him is the object
A pronoun is a type of word that takes the place of a noun. Most pronouns function as nouns and adjectives. Pronouns in English are categorized into eight types according to their meaning, characteristics and role in the sentence: personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, own pronouns, reciprocal pronouns, interrogative pronouns, relational pronouns and indefinite pronouns.
I. Personal pronouns are words that express "I", "you", "he", "she", "it",
"we", "you", "they". The personal pronouns have variations in person, number and case, as shown in the table below:
Number Singular Plural
Case Primary Case Objective Primary Case Objective
First person I me me we us
Second person you you you you you
he him them them
Third person her her they them
it it they them
E.g. He is my friend.
It's me.
Second, possessive pronouns are pronouns that express all relations, and they can also be called possessive pronouns. The object pronouns are divided into two kinds: adjectival object pronouns and nominal object pronouns, whose characters and numbers are shown in the table below. hers its ours yours/theirs
e.g. I like his car.
Our school is here, and theirs is there.
Our school is here, and theirs is there.
III. Indicative Pronouns are pronouns that indicate concepts such as "that", "this", "these", "those", etc. The following are some examples of indicative pronouns: this, this, and those. The pronouns are this, that, these, those and so on.
For example: That is a good idea.
4. The pronouns that mean "myself", "yourself", "himself", "ourselves", "yourselves" and "themselves" are called self pronouns, also known as "reflexive pronouns".
For example, she was talking to herself.
V. The pronouns that express mutual relations are called mutual pronouns, and there are two groups of each other and one another, but there is no difference between these two groups of words in their use.
For example, they love each other.
VI. Pronouns that are not specified to replace any particular noun are called indefinite pronouns. The most common indefinite pronouns are a11, both, each, every, etc., as well as compound pronouns containing some-, any-, no-, etc., such as anybody, something, no one. Most of these indefinite pronouns can be used in place of nouns and adjectives as subject, object, epithet, and determiner in a sentence, but none and the compound indefinite pronouns formed by some, any, no, etc., can be used as subject, object, epithet, and determiner in a sentence. However, none and the compound indefinite pronouns formed by some, any, no, etc. can only be used as the subject, object or expression; every and no can only be used as the definite article.
--- Do you have a car?
--- Yes, I have one.
--- I don't know any of them.
VII. The interrogative pronouns are who, whom, which, what and which. They are used in sentences to form special interrogative clauses. All interrogative pronouns can be used as connecting pronouns to guide noun clauses (subject clauses, object clauses and expression clauses)
such as: Tell me who he is.
VIII. Relative pronouns such as who, whom, those, that, which, as, etc. can be used as linking words to lead clauses. They can be used as the subject, expression, object, determiner, etc.; on the other hand, they represent the noun or pronoun (commonly known as the antecedent) in the main clause which is modified by the definite clause.
For example: He is the man whom you have been looking for.
Thank you for your help
.