Parts of Speech VII- PRONOUNS

Pronouns are words that are used instead/in place of more precise nouns or noun phrases.

Types
* Personal
> I, me, you, he him, she, her, we, it, us, they, them
> As a subject: I, he, she, it, we, you, they
> As an object: me, him, her,it, us, you, them
> I hate everybody. Everybody hates me. They have a car. It belongs to them.

* Possessive
> mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, its (Note that its never contains an apostrophe)
> these types have no article and are not followed by a noun
> That car is mine.

* Reflexive
> myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
> I cut myself shaving this morning.

* Relative
> who, that, which, whose
> used to connect clauses in a sentence. They are used to introduce relative clauses.
> The man that I marry will be rich.

Whilst being fairly simple in usage, students of many nationalities have a tendency to confuse subject pronouns (which comes before a verb in an ordinary sentence)with object pronouns (which normally comes after a verb).

Possessive pronouns like mine are often confused with possessive adjective such as my. Like other pronouns, possessive pronouns replace nouns, while possessive adjectives describe them.

Possessive Pronoun; Possessive Adjective
mine; my
ours; our
yours; your
theirs; their
its; its
his; his
hers; her

Common confusion between the two involves his and its, as both can be either possessive pronouns or possessive adjectives, depending on how they're used in a sentence.

Relative pronouns are rather more complicated and are dealt with as a separate unit.