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What are seven types of pronouns?

Here are seven types of pronouns, along with examples:

1. Personal Pronouns: These refer to specific people or things. They change based on person (first, second, third), number (singular, plural), and case (nominative, objective, possessive).

* Examples: I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, we, us, they, them

2. Possessive Pronouns: These show ownership or possession. They don't need a noun following them.

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

3. Reflexive Pronouns: These refer back to the subject of the sentence. They end in "-self" or "-selves."

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

4. Intensive Pronouns: These emphasize the noun or pronoun they refer to. They also end in "-self" or "-selves."

* Examples: I did it myself. She herself knew the answer.

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

* Examples: this, that, these, those

6. Interrogative Pronouns: These are used to ask questions.

* Examples: who, whom, whose, what, which

7. Relative Pronouns: These connect a dependent clause to an independent clause. They also act as the subject or object of the dependent clause.

* Examples: who, whom, whose, which, that

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