My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English

I don’t want to be specific…
There are a number of useful pronouns that we can use when we don’t want to or
are  unable  to  specify  exactly  what  we  are  talking  about:  all  ,  another  ,  any  ,
anyone  ,  anything  ,  each  ,  everybody  ,  everyone  ,  everything  ,  few  ,  many  ,  no
one, nobody , none , nothing , one , several , some , somebody , someone. These
are called indefinite pronouns .
I think someone is in the house.
You’ve eaten most of the chocolates: there are only a few left.
In space, no one can hear you scream.
By  the  way,  there  is  no  difference  in  grammatical  terms  between  no  one  and
nobody , someone and somebody , anyone  and  anybody  :  for  once  you  can  just

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use whichever you like.
Talking of this and that
The demonstrative pronouns are this , that , these and those – the same words
as the demonstrative determiners we met earlier, but used in a slightly different
way.
Please take this home with you and
study it.
meaning, perhaps, this
book
Take that to the cleaners, will you .
that jacket
I want these removed at once.
these dirty dishes
Those are no good to anybody.
those old clothe s
Let’s investigate…
Interrogative pronouns take the place of a noun in a question.
Who is that?
The answer might be: That is Homer Simpson.
What is that?
That is a picture of Homer Simpson.
Which is that?
Which of the many pictures of Homer Simpson
in the world are you talking about?
To whom should I
give the
doughnuts?
Pretty obvious, really.
Some common confusions
Their/Theirs/There/There’s/They’re
Their is a possessive adjective, showing ownership. It was their  version  of
the story that was reported on the news.
Theirs  is  also  a  possessive  pronoun  indicating  that  something  belongs  to
more than one person. That version of the story is theirs.
There  is  an  adverb  that  indicates  a  place  or  position.  My  new  car  is  over

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