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What are the five kinds of pronoun?

There are actually more than five kinds of pronouns, but the traditional categorization into five types is:

1. Personal Pronouns: These refer to specific people or things, and change form depending on their function in a sentence (subject, object, possessive).

* Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them, mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

2. Possessive Pronouns: These show ownership or possession.

* Examples: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

3. Reflexive Pronouns: These refer back to the subject of the sentence.

* Examples: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

4. Intensive Pronouns: These emphasize the noun or pronoun they refer to. They are the same as reflexive pronouns but they are not necessary for the sentence to have meaning.

* Examples: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

5. Demonstrative Pronouns: These point to specific things or people.

* Examples: this, that, these, those.

It's also important to note that some sources might include relative pronouns (who, whom, whose, which, that) and interrogative pronouns (who, whom, whose, what, which) as separate categories. However, these are often grouped with other types of pronouns for simplicity.

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