1. Emphatic pronouns: refer back to the noun to emphasize it
myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves
- The principle himself opened the door for us.
2. Demonstrative pronouns: represent a thing or things
this – these (near), that – those (far)
- This is wonderful!
- These are excellent.
- Can you see that?
- Could you pass me those?
3. Indefinite pronouns: do not refer to any particular person or place. They are vague
any, all, anybody/anyone, another, anything, everybody/everyone, everything, nobody, none, few, many, some, somebody, someone, one, several
- Have you eaten anything recently?
- We’ve lost everything during the hurricane.
NOTE: some INDEFINITE pronouns can serve as an adjective:
- I’d like another glass of juice please. (another – adjective).
- He does one thing during the day and another during the night. (another – pronoun)
4. Distributive pronouns: refer to a person or thing one at a time
each, either, neither
- Each woman was given a gift.
- Either train will take you to Green Street.
- Neither of them is honest.
NOTE: DISTRIBUTIVE pronoun is always singular, so it must be followed by a singular noun or verb
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