Richbaub's Introduction to Middle School Grammar Book 1
middle school grammar book, grammar workbook
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E. Demonstrative Pronouns – The pronouns used when<br />
you point <strong>to</strong> something: this, that, these, and those. These<br />
words can also be adjectives, depending on how they’re used.<br />
English teachers don’t<br />
like it when you use<br />
demonstrative pronouns in<br />
essay conclusions… “That<br />
is why…” “This is why...”<br />
“Those are the reasons...”<br />
Aargh!<br />
For example:<br />
In the following sentence, these is the object of a preposition—it’s not a descriptive<br />
word; it’s a pronoun being used in place of the names of all of the things being referred<br />
<strong>to</strong>:<br />
I want you <strong>to</strong> make room (for these.)<br />
In the sentence below, these describes something, so it’s functioning as an adjective:<br />
Yesterday I ate a box (of these cookies) for dessert.<br />
F. Reflexive Pronouns – Words ending in “self” and “selves” are reflexive pronouns:<br />
myself, yourself, himself, ourselves, themselves, etc.<br />
Words like “hisself,”<br />
“theirselves,”<br />
“themself,” etc. are<br />
NOT real words!<br />
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RICHBAUB’S INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAMMAR, BOOK 1