The words it and there can also be used like pronouns when the rules of grammar require a subject but no noun is actually being referred to. Indefinite pronouns, such as everybody, either, none, and something, do not refer to a specific person or thing, and typically refer to an unidentified or unfamiliar person or thing. Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of a sentence or clause and are formed by adding -self or -selves to a personal pronoun or possessive adjective, as in myself, herself, ourselves, and itself. The main relative pronouns are that, which, who, whom, what, and whose.
Relative pronouns introduce a subordinate clause, a part of a sentence that includes a subject and verb but does not form a sentence by itself. The four demonstrative pronouns- this, that, these, and those-distinguish the person or thing being referred to from other people or things they are identical to the demonstrative adjectives. The main possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs. Possessive pronouns refer to things or people that belong to someone.
The interrogative pronouns-particularly what, which, who, whom, and whose-introduce questions for which a noun is the answer, as in " Which do you prefer?" There are a number of other types of pronouns.
Like nouns, personal pronouns can function as either the subject of a verb or the object of a verb or preposition: " She likes him, but he loves her." Most of the personal pronouns have different subject and object forms: The most common pronouns are the personal pronouns, which refer to the person or people speaking or writing ( first person), the person or people being spoken to ( second person), or other people or things ( third person). Pronouns refer to either a noun that has already been mentioned or to a noun that does not need to be named specifically. A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.
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