{"id":1738,"date":"2016-06-15T17:53:14","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T00:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordcounter.net\/blog\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2016-06-15T17:53:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T00:53:14","slug":"what-is-a-pronoun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordcounter.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/15\/101738_what-is-a-pronoun.html","title":{"rendered":"What is a Pronoun? The 10 Types"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"What<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

If you want to become a better writer<\/a> there are a number of steps you can take like improving your vocabulary<\/a>. It also helps to have a good grasp of grammar, and what may initially seem to be simple isn’t always so. For example, can you guess how many pronouns are in the following sentence?<\/p>\n

“I bought all of these myself, so these are mine; they are my things!”<\/p>\n

If you were able to find seven pronouns, then you found them all. If you found less than seven, you can check the answer by looking at the words below in bold.<\/p>\n

I bought all<\/strong> of these myself<\/strong>, so these<\/strong> are mine<\/strong>; they<\/strong> are my<\/strong> things!<\/p>\n

Yes, each word in bold is a pronoun. Remember, a pronouns relates to a noun, and that’s why the word “noun” is inside “pronoun.” When you don’t want to or can’t use a noun, you choose a pronoun<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Different Types of Pronouns<\/h2>\n

Since English is a complex language, there are different classes of pronouns. The most important ones are personal pronouns<\/strong>. “I” is the most common example of this. Then there are “we, you, he\/she, it, they.” They refer to humans, or living beings such as animals, so they are personal. I the simplest terms, they deal with persons.<\/p>\n

“Myself” can be either an intensive pronoun<\/strong> or a reflexive pronoun<\/strong>. In the sentence above, it’s intensive because the speaker wants to emphasize that he alone bought the items. And since “myself” actually refers to “I,” not a proper noun, you can see that pronouns sometimes refer to other pronouns. In the sentence below, “myself” is reflexive:<\/p>\n

“I gave myself a good lecture because I was disappointed in my work.”<\/p>\n

The person doing the action and the one receiving the action are the same, so it’s a reflexive act and a reflexive pronoun. All pronouns that end with “self” or “selves” must be either reflexive or intensive, depending on how they are used.<\/p>\n

Reciprocal pronouns<\/strong> involve actions or feelings that happen between two people. For example:<\/p>\n