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Study the table.


                                              Person            Personal pronoun        Reflexive pronoun


                                        first person             I                      myself

                                        second person            you                    yourself

                     Singular                                    he                     himself

                                        third person             she                    herself

                                                                 it                     itself

                                        first person             we                     ourselves

                     Plural             second person            you                    yourselves

                                        third person             they                   themselves


                  7.  Reciprocal pronouns: These pronouns are
                     used to show that an action or a feeling is               Note
                     reciprocated. For example,

                     •  They waved at each other.                              Reciprocal pronouns also have a
                     •  The children hugged one another.                       possessive form. For example,
                                                                               •  The twins wear each other’s
                  8.  Indefinite pronouns: These pronouns do not                 clothes.
                     refer to any specific person, thing or amount.
                     For example,
                     •  Everybody enjoyed the concert.
                     •  There was no one at home yesterday.


                  Study the table to understand the use of indefinite pronouns.


                                                      Person                Place                Thing

                    For complete quantity        everyone              everywhere          everything
                                                 everybody

                    For indefinite quantity      someone               somewhere           something
                                                 somebody

                    For negative sentences       anyone                anywhere            anything
                                                 anybody

                    None                         no one                nowhere             nothing
                                                 nobody




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