In the English language, pronouns are words used mostly as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases. The use of pronouns allows a writer to continue depicting a person, a place, or a thing without repeating the discussed noun. This prevents the flow of a particular piece from becoming bulky and repetitive.

      Pronouns used in complete sentences have antecedents. An antecedent is simply the noun which the pronoun refers to, or supersedes.

           Lanre desperately searched for his keys to the safe, but he could not find them.
          (The pronoun his stands for Lanre's, and the pronoun he stands for Lanre;
          the writer uses them to avoid repeating keys to the safe. Lanre is the antecedent
          of his and of he; keys to the safe is the antecedent of them.)

Classification of Pronouns

     Pronouns are generally classified into seven groups, as follows: personal, reflexive, intensive, relative, indefinite, interrogative, and demonstrative.

     In this first part, we will look into personal, reflexive, and intensive pronouns.

Personal Pronouns

     A personal pronoun is a word used in place of a specific person or thing. Personal pronouns include I, you, he, she, it, mine, yours, his, hers, our, ours, and theirs.

Personal pronouns take on four different forms, respectively identified by:

1. The number

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