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The Classes and Their Words


 Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

 

Subject Case

Object Case

First-Person
singular

I

me

plural

we

us

Second-Person
singular

you

plural
Third-Person
singular masculine

he

him

feminine

she

her

neuter

it

plural

they

them

Reflexive Pronouns

First-Person
singular myself
plural ourselves
Second-Person
singular yourself
plural yourselves
Third-Person
singular masculine himself
feminine herself
neuter itself
plural themselves

Indefinite Pronouns

one
oneself
some
someone
somebody
something
any
anyone
anybody
anything
none
no one
nobody
nothing
everyone
everybody
everything
another
any other
no other
others
many, more, most, enough, few, less, much, either, neither, several, all, both, each

Possessive Pronouns

  Determiner Function Nominal Function
First-Person
singular my mine
plural our ours
Second-Person
singular

your

yours

plural
Third-Person
singular masculine

his

feminine her hers
neuter

its

plural their theirs

Determiners

Main Groups of Determiners

Articles

a/an, the

Note: the is a definite article
a/an is an indefinite article

Demonstratives

this, these, that, those

Possessives

my, our, your, his, her, its, their

Indefinites

some, any, no, every, other, another, many, more, most, enough, few, less, much, either, neither, several, all, both, each

Cardinal Numbers

one, two, three, four......

Ordinal Numbers

first, second, third, .....last

Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary Verb Forms

Modal Auxiliaries

Have

Be

Do

can
could
will
would
shall
should
may
might
must

have
has
had
having

am
is
are
was
were
been
being

do
does
did
done
doing

Qualifiers

Example of Qualifiers

very so pretty
quite just even
rather enough a bit
somewhat still a little
more almost a (whole) lot
most fairly a good deal
less really a great deal
least   kind of
too   sort of

Prepositions

Common Prepositions

Simple Prepositions
about besides into since
above between like through
across beyond near throughout
after but (= except) of to
against by off toward(s)
along concerning on under
among despite onto underneath
around down opposite until (till)
as during out unto
at except outside up
before for over upon
behind from past via
below in pending with
beneath including regarding within
beside inside round without
Phrasal Prepositions
according to due to in view of
across from except for inside of
alongside of for the sake of instead of
along with in accordance with off of
apart from in addition to on account of
aside from in back of on behold of
away from in case of on top of
because of in connection with out of
by means of in front of outside of
by reason of in place of regardless of
by virtue of in reference to short of
by way of in regard to together with
down from in spite of up to

Conjunctions

Coordinating Conjunctions and, but, or, nor, yet, for, so Punctuate with a comma:

Either the teacher is late, or we are early.
(2 independent clauses)

Correlative Conjunctions both..and, either..or, neither..nor, not only..but also
Conjunctive Adverbs
Contrast, opposition however, instead, nevertheless, on the contrary, on the other hand, still, anyway Punctuate with a semicolon or period. Set off the conjunctive adverb with a comma, or with a pair of commas if it is inside its clause:

Ted spoke; however, no one listed.
Ted spoke. However, no one listened.
Ted spoke. No one, however, listed.

Addition also, besides, furthermore, in addition, in fact, moreover
Cause and effect, conclusion accordingly, as a result, consequently, hence, so, therefore, this
Example, restatement for example, for instance, namely, that is
Comparison as..as, more than, less than, than

Interrogatives

Interrogatives

who, whom, whose, which, what, where, why, when, how

Relatives

Relatives

Pronominal relatives who, whom, whose, which, that
Adverbial relatives where, whey, why

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