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Smart learn2.0 1. Daddy loves _____ (a) You & me (b) You & i (c) I & you (d) Me & you SHOW ANSWER Option A (You & me) 2. ____ insulted the bus driver (a) You & i (b) You & me (c) I & you (d) Me & you SHOW ANSWER Option A (You & i) 3. The children, parents, teachers and principal exchange pleasantries with ____ (a) One another (b) Their selves (c) Each other (d) Themselves SHOW ANSWER Option C (Eachother)

  RECIPROCAL PRONOUN There are just two reciprocal pronouns in English: Each other One another They are used to indicate that people do the same thing, feel the same way, or have the same relationship. If you like someone like someone for instance and the person likes you too, you say, ‘we like each other. There is a slight difference between each other and one another. Each other is often used when there are only two people or things while one another is used when there are more than two. Examples: The six members of staff are always at one another’s throats. The couple enjoyed each other during their honeymoon.     SUMMARY   Subject Object Possessive Reflexive   Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural First person I We Me Us ...

  Reflexive Case Reflexive Case   Singular Plural First Person myself ourselves Second Person yourself yourselves Third Person himself, herself, itself themselves The reflexive pronouns show that the action of the verb affects the person who performs the action: The old man injured  himself  in his farm. I pray for  myself  always. He caught the thieves  himself . Did the boys make the dresses themselves? Remember you use ‘yourself’ when you are talking to one person but ‘yourselves’ when talking to more than one. Ourself, themself , theirselves, hisself  are un-English. Semantics and Reflexive Pronoun *The students fought themselves. *We greeted ourselves. The above expressions are wrong because they do not actually convey the real intention of the speaker. The fi...

  POSSESSIVE PRONOUN Possessive pronoun   Singular Plural First Person mine ours Second Person yours yours Third Person his, hers, it theirs Possessive pronouns express belongingness. Use possessive pronouns when you are talking about the same type of thing that has been mentioned but want to indicate that it belongs to someone else. Examples: A friend of  yours  called yesterday. The pen on the cupboard is  mine  not  yours. My mother cooks better than  hers . The solution to our problem was different from  theirs. Please Note: No possessive pronoun has an apostrophe. The following are un-English: ours’, your’s, his’ theirs’ INDEFINITE PRONOUN REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

  INDEFINITE PRONOUN             These are pronouns that do not refer to specific persons or things, rather they refer to them in general. E.g words that ends with body, thing, one i.e anybody, everybody, nobody, somebody, anything, everything, nothing, something, anyone, everyone, no-one, someone… Rules: §   All indefinite pronouns takes singular verb e.g No-one knows my name. Everything is ready   §   You can add (‘s) to an indefinite pronoun to make it possessive e.g What I am eating is nobody’s business.   §   Indefinite pronouns that ends with ‘body’ are used for animate things (living things) while those that ends with ‘thing’ areused for inanimate things (non-living things). uo PERSONAL PRONOUN POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

  PERSONAL PRONOUN (Subject Case) When a pronoun replaces a noun at the subject position, they assume these forms:   Subject Case Singular Plural First Person I We Second Person You You Third Person He She it They   Note: Subject pronouns above are used to refer to the subject of a clause. Examples: I  don’t know the way out. You  just saw the importance of reading. He/She  would not have been able to solve that problem if not for my encouragement. Yesterday,  we  saw the need to embrace peace instead of acrimony. As  they  came in,  we  parted ways. Compound Pronouns in Subject Case: You and I  are friends; not you and me are friends Zainab and  he  went to the supermarket; not Zainab and him went to the market. Bassey and  she  were supposed ...