RELATIVE PRONOUNS

• it gives more information about the subject or object of the sentence.
• when referring to a person use : who, whom, whose, whoever, whomever.
• when referring to a thing, place, or idea use : which, that, what, whatever, whichever

who vs. whom

• use who when referring to the subject of the sentence.
• use whom when referring to the object of the sentence.

whoever vs. whomever

• use whoever when the sentence requires a subject pronoun as the answer.
• use whomever when the sentence requires an object pronoun as the answer.

subject pronouns

- relate to the subject of the sentence.

• I. He. She. It. They. We

object pronouns

-the object of the sentence receives the action.

-relate to the object of the sentence.

• me. him. her. it. them. us

INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

• it is defined as a pronoun that ends in self or selves and places emphasis on its antecedent by referring back to another noun or pronoun used earlier in the sentence.
• almost identical to reflexive pronouns

common intensive pronouns

• himself. herself. yourself. themselves. ourselves

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

• Pronouns that are preceded by an adj, adv, or noun that indicates that the person who is realizing the action, is also the receiver of the action or verb. 
• The difference between Reflexive Pronouns and Intensive Pronouns is that, in a sentence with an Intensive pronoun, if you remove the pronoun (i.e myself, yourself, himself, etc.), the sentence will not change, whereas, in Reflexive pronouns, the pronoun or subject itself is the receiver of the action.

Example:

Reflexive pronoun: "Nico found himself staring at the ceiling."

Intensive Pronoun: " Nico himself is staring at the ceiling."

RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS

• Pronouns that indicate that an action or a feeling is returned or reciprocated.

Example:

"CJ and Chelle were holding each other's hands."

"The Johns and the Ricks hate one another's companies."