ENG100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Relative Pronoun, Pronoun
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---- words that take the place of a noun. ---- *has to always refer to a specific noun. Antecedent: the noun that the pronoun replaces => may or may not appear in the same sentence e. g. : the student opened her book. I, you, one, him, her: reflexive pronoun, myself, yourself, herself, demonstrative pronoun, this, that, those, such, none. Interrogative pronoun ----- asking questions: whoever, whichever, whatever, relative pronoun ----- open a relative clause and act as an adjective in the sentence, who, whom, which, when, where, whatever, whichever. ***** pronouns must: refer back to a specific noun, must be in the correct grammatical form for the role they take in the sentence. Pronoun antecedent confusion example: einstein was a brilliant mathematician. This is how he was able to explain the universe: "this"?, => einstein, who was a brilliant mathematician, used his ability with numbers to explain the universe.
