IN the preceding two columns we showed how nouns in English don’t inflect or change form at all in the nominative or subjective and objective cases, in contrast to the personal pronouns, which typically make marked inflections for case depending on person, number, and gender. This time we’ll round up this grammar refresher by taking up the workings of the seven other types of pronouns, namely the demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, interrogative pronouns, reciprocal pronouns, relative pronouns, and reflexive and intensive pronouns.

Demonstrative pronouns: There are four demonstrative pronouns—“this,” “these,” “that,” and “those”—for pointing to a thing or things not specifically identified or named.

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