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Kinds of Pronoun

There are nine kinds of pronoun.

1. Personal Pronoun
2. Demonstrative Pronoun
3. Relative Pronoun
4. Distributive Pronoun
5. Interrogative Pronoun
6. Indefinite Pronoun
7. Reflexive Pronoun
8. Possessive Pronoun
9. Emphatic Pronoun

Personal Pronoun

A pronoun used instead the name of a person is called personal pronoun.

Demonstrative Pronoun

A demonstrative pronoun indicates the person or thing referred to.

Example: this, that, these etc.

Relative Pronoun

A pronoun that refers or relates to some noun going before is called relative pronoun.

Example: who, which, that, whose, whom.

Distributive Pronoun

The pronouns that refer to persons or things once at a time are called distributive pronoun.

Example: each, either, neither

Interrogative Pronoun

The pronouns that are used to ask questions are called Interrogative Pronoun.

Example: who, whose, which, what

Indefinite Pronoun

A word which is used instead of an unknown noun in general way and can be used as singular and plural.

Example: some, one, anybody, nobody etc.

Reflexive Pronoun

The pronouns which show that an action done by the subject turns back up on to are called reflexive pronoun.

Example: myself, yourself, himself

Possessive Pronoun

Pronouns that show possession are called possessive pronoun.

Example: mine, yours, his, hers, our etc.

Emphatic Pronoun

The pronouns used for the sake of emphasis are called the emphatic pronoun.

Example:
1. He himself said so.
2. I myself gave him money.