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Kinds of Pronominal Adjectives

There are many different parts of speech in the English language, including nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns, among others. Knowing the difference between the parts of speech and the proper ways to use them are important in the written English language. Understanding how to use pronominal adjectives, which are adjectives used in place of nouns in sentences, and therefore act as pronouns, is an important part of written and spoken English communication.
  1. The Main List of Pronominal Pronouns

    • There are several pronouns that are used in everyday vernacular. This is a basic list of those pronouns, and then the pronouns will be broken down into different types. The main pronouns are: that, these, those, this, which, what, each, every, neither, some, latter, former, much, such, whole, all, few, fewer, fewest, first, last, little, many, more, both, another, one, any, none, other, most, own, same, several, certain and enough.

    Reciprocal Pronouns

    • Reciprocal pronouns are pronouns that are related to each other in a reciprocal way. The reciprocal pronouns include each, other, and one another, words that can be used to relate to other words within the sentence.

      Example: Each of the two books can be picked up at the library.

      "Each" is used to replace the titles of the two separate books.

    Indefinite Pronouns

    • Indefinite pronouns put the spotlight on a certain item without question, and use the words another, other, such, whole, any, all, none, one, or some.

      Example: All of the football players are going out to dinner after the game.

      "All" is used to replace the names of the members of the team, as the entire team will be going to dinner after the game.

    Demonstrative Pronouns

    • Demonstrative pronouns are the words same, this, that, these, former and latter. They demonstratively point out different items in a sentence by establishing specifics within the sentence.

      Example: This is my favorite movie.

      "This" is used to describe a specific movie. Not just any movie, "this" specific movie, is the favorite.

    Distributive Pronouns

    • Distributive pronouns takes the place of words that are being discussed singularly. The distributive pronouns include the words each, every, either, and neither.

      Example: Each of the apples in the basket are red and shiny.

      "Each" is being used to talk about the individual apples. "Each" specific apple is red and shiny.

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