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2. Demonstrative pronouns point things out. There are four: this, that, these, those: This is my new car. (This refers to car.) 3. Interrogative pronouns ask questions. There are five: who, whose, whom, which, and what: Who are you? 4. Relative pronouns begin adjective clauses (Chapter 2.6). There are five: who, whom, whose, which, and that. Although they are almost the same as the interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns do not ask a question, and they never appear at the beginning of a sentence: My neighbor, who is a teacher, just came back from a long trip. 5. Reflexive/intensive pronouns end with -self. I wrote that book myself. (Used as a reflexive: myself reflects back to I.) I myself wrote that book. (Used as an intensive: myself emphasizes I.) Helpful Hint: Do not use the -self pronouns any other way: "He gave the book to myself' is incorrect. "He gave the book to me" is correct. Never begin a sentence with a -self pronoun. 6. Indefinite pronouns include someone, anybody, everything, nothing, none, few, many, several, all, some, and many more. You will need to know which are singular and which are plural to know which verb and personal pronoun to use with them. Exercise 1.4: Identify the type of pronoun each italicized word is: 1. This is a question to which I don't know the answer. 2. Which of the dresses are you going to choose? 3. I myself am making some of the decorations for her wedding. 4. Someone is making a noise that is really bothering me. See the Appendix for the answers. Big Issue: The Singular They Someone, everyone, anyone, no one, everybody, nobody, anybody, somebody, something, everything, anything, nothing, each, either, and neither are some common singular indefinite pronouns. Often we don't know whether an indefinite pronoun-for example, everyone or somebody -refers to a male or a female. So do we use he or do we use she to refer back to everyone? Generally, we would use he or she. If you don't want to use he or she, which is grammatically correct, you have two other choices: 1. The plural pronoun they (or their) is now acceptable to use as a singular. 2. Rewrite the sentence to avoid the problem, which can usually be done quite easily. Everyone is bringing his or her own lunch to the picnic. (Everyone is singular The verb is is and the pronoun his or her is