A couple of weeks back in the Tavistock Writers Group, Bob suggested an exercise to write a piece of poetry or fiction without using pronouns. After reaching for the bottle and a general slapping of heads, several of us gave it a go. What's that? What are pronouns - you know those words that take the place of a noun in a sentence. Pronouns are used to avoid repeating the same nouns over and over, making sentences less cumbersome and more fluid. Here are some common types of pronouns: Personal Pronouns : Refer to specific people or things. Eg: I, you, he, she, it, we, they Possessive Pronouns : Indicate ownership or possession Eg: my, your, his, her, its, our, their Reflexive Pronouns : Refer back to the subject of the sentence. Eg: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves Demonstrative Pronouns : Point to specific things. Eg: this, that, these, those Interrogative Pronouns : Used to ask questions. Eg: who, whom, whose, which, what Relative Pro...
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