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24. The tint seemed_____(more radiant, more radiantly, radianter)
compared to that of yesterday.
25. The army looked_____(forcefully, forceful, forcefuller) in their
gear. Copula verb.
Pronouns
Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun in a sentence. The pre-
fix
pro means for or in the place of. There are subject pronouns and object
pronouns. In an active statement, the subject comes before the verb, and
the object comes after the verb, or the object pronoun comes after the
preposition.
Personal Pronouns:
Subject Object
Singular Singular
I, you, he, she, it me, you, him, her, it
Plural Plural
We, you, them us, you, them
Reflexive Pronouns
S = singular, P = plural
I = myself (S)
You = yourself (S)
You = yourselves (P)
Us = ourselves (P)
Them = themselves (P)
Him = himself (S)
These can function as stress markers that come immediately after the
subject or at the end of the sentence/clause (use a reflexive pronoun
immediately after the subject to avoid problems with description).
They can also be the DOs of a sentence.

ourselves. (As obj. of prep.)
They thought of
only themselves. (As obj. of prep.)
Functions:
1. To show emphasis, therefore placed immediately after the word it
renames, functioning as a restrictive appositive, or uncommonly
placed in a postposed position.
2. DO, comes after an action (dynamic) verb
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3. To show emphasis, placed after the IC, not as emphatic as number
1. Examples:
I myself know the truth.
I hit myself.
You yourself told me that.
You hurt yourself by playing.
He himself pulled the trigger.
He hurt himself.
She herself called off the wedding
She called herself on the phone.
The dog itself saved the little boy.
The dog bit itself.
We ourselves must solve this problem.

word
demonstrate, which means to show.
This is my coat. (near)
That is the building. (far)
These are the cards. (near)
Those are my friends. (far)
This coat is mine.
That house is mine.
These cards are for you.
Those boys are my friends.
Possessive Pronouns
(1) Before the subject; (2) before the object = my, your, his, her, their, our,
its; and (3) only after a linking verb (LV; a be verb) = mine, hers, theirs,
ours
Syntactic Positioning:
1. Before the subject
2. Before the object
The possessive pronouns in classes 1 and 2 must have a noun after
them, except for
his and its.
3. The possessive pronouns in this class must come after an LV. We
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designate a be verb as an LV when it is the only verb in the verb phrase
of the main clause of the superstructure. See below.
This is mine. Is = LV. (only verb in the verb phrase)
This key, the one you say was found,
is mine. Is = LV
In the interjectory clause, the one you say was found, the verb phrase is