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7. Intensive pronouns.
Intensive pronouns are used to emphasize their antecedent. Intensive pronouns are identical in form to reflexive pronouns. For example:
"I myself find pronouns fascinating."
"They themselves think everyone should know about pronouns."
"You yourself should tell everyone how great pronouns are."
We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions. They are: who, which, whom, what and whose. These are also known as wh-words. Questions using these are called wh-questions:
Who called last night?
Which keys are yours?
Whom do I ask for at the desk?
What did you do when the electricity failed?
Whose watch is this?
Interrogative pronouns: uses
We use who and whom on their own:
Who paid?
Whom did you speak to?
We can use whose, which and what either on their own (as pronouns) or with a noun head (underlined):
As pronouns
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With a noun head
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Whose are these books?
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Whose books are these?
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Which did you buy?
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Which sweater did you buy?
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What is the number on the door?
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What number is your house?
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We can use who, whose, which and what both as subject and object:
Who is the best footballer in the world? (who as subject)
Who did you meet? (who as object)
What happened next? (what as subject)
What did you buy? (what as object)
Who or whom?
Warning:
We use whom as an object in formal styles. When we use a preposition before whom, it is even more formal. We don’t normally use it in speaking:
Whom did you give the book to? (formal)
To whom did you give the book? (very formal) Or, less formally: Who did you give the book to?
What or which?
We use what when we ask about specific information from a general range of possible answers:
What’s the tallest building in the world?
What did you say? I couldn’t hear you.
What’s your address?
We use which when we ask for specific information from a restricted range of possible answers:
We use indefinite pronouns to refer to people or things without saying exactly who or what they are. We use pronouns ending in -body or -one for people, and pronouns ending in -thing for things:
Everybody enjoyed the concert.
I opened the door but there was no one at home.
It was a very clear day. We could see everything.
We use a singular verb after an indefinite pronoun:
Everybody loves Sally.
Everything was ready for the party.
When we refer back to an indefinite pronoun we normally use a plural pronoun:
Everybody enjoyed the concert. They stood up and clapped.
I will tell somebody that dinner is ready. They have been waiting a long time.
We can add -'s to an indefinite pronoun to make a possessive.
They were staying in somebody’s house.
Is this anybody’s coat?
We use indefinite pronouns with no- as the subject in negative clauses (not pronouns with any.)
Anybody didn’t come >> Nobody came.
We do not use another negative in a clause with nobody, no one or nothing:
Nobody came.
Nothing happened.
In affirmative sentences, indefinite pronouns using some are used to describe an indefinite quantity, the indefinite pronouns with every are used to describe a complete quantity, and the pronouns with no are used to describe an absence. Indefinite pronouns with no are often used in affirmative sentences with a negative meaning, but these are nevertheless not negative sentences because they are lacking the word not.
Any and the indefinite pronouns formed with it can also be used in affirmative sentences with a meaning that is close to every: whichever person, whichever place, whichever thing, etc.
Examples
They can choose anything from the menu.
You may invite anybody you want to your birthday party.
We can go anywhere you'd like this summer.
He would give anything to get into Oxford.
Fido would follow you anywhere.
Indefinite pronouns are those referring to one or more unspecified objects, beings, or places. They are called “indefinite” simply because they do not indicate the exact object, being, or place to which they refer.
Indefinite pronouns include partitives such as any, anybody, anyone, either, neither, nobody, no, someone, and some; they also include universals such as every, all, both, and each; finally, they include quantifiers including any, some, several, enough, many, and much. Many indefinite pronouns can also function as determiners.
There are just two important rules for using indefinite pronouns correctly. Remember these and you will find that writing comes easier for you.
An indefinite pronoun does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is vague and "not definite". Some typical indefinite pronouns are:
all, another, any, anybody/anyone, anything, each, everybody/everyone, everything, few, many, nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody/someone
Note that many indefinite pronouns also function as other parts of speech. Look at "another" in the following sentences:
He has one job in the day and another at night. (pronoun)
I'd like another drink, please. (adjective)
Most indefinite pronouns are either singular or plural. However, some of them can be singular in one context and plural in another. The most common indefinite pronouns are listed below, with examples, as singular, plural or singular/plural.
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