My 7th graders are just finishing up a chapter in their grammar book that was all about pronouns. I had no idea that there were so many different kinds: reflexive, intensive, possessive(I knew that one), objective(that one too) interrogative, demonstrative... then there are all of the different pronoun agreements; antecedent, indefinite.. the list goes on. YIKES! The way I look at it... by learning to speak correctly from a young age, we all use these pronouns the correct way without realizing that they even have a name. I think my students are more confused now:( Oh well, we are on to comparative and superlative modifiers next week... that won't confuse them at all;[
The whole pronoun thing got me thinking though, about how much we have been using certain pronouns around our house for the past four months. Mostly variations of HIM & HE: He's hungry. Is he OK? He's so cute. Look at him. Will you get him? Will you change him? You should have seen him! He's so funny! Will you get his rattle? He's asleep:) I guess pronouns come in handy sometimes.
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