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b Chinese Leader Promises Support For Euro and Greece
There are only three kinds of pronouns found in this article; they are personal pronoun, relative pronoun, and possessive pronoun.
1. Personal Pronoun
There are only five personal pronouns found in this article; they are I, he, it, we,
and they. a. “I have made clear that China supports a stable Euro,” Mr. Wen said
during a speech to the Greek Parliament, through an interpreter. The function of Personal Pronoun I in the sentence above is used to
express Mr. Wen as the subject in the sentence as the first person singular pronoun refers to own self consisting of one person.
b. The yield they demand for holding 10-year Greek debt has shot up to 10
percent, compared with 2,3 percent for similar bonds from Germany, making it too expensive for Greece to seek long-term financing in
International markets.
The function of Personal Pronoun they in the sentence above is used to explain the investors included in seeking the long-term financing in international markets in
Greece.
2. Relative Pronoun
There are only three reltive pronouns found in this article; they are that, who,
and which.
40 a. Mr. Wen, who had offered Saturday to buy Greek government bonds
when Athens resumed issuing them, said Sunday that he was glad Greece was emerging from its debt crisis.
The function of Relative Pronoun who in the sentence above is used to
explain Mr. Wen as the man included in offering in Greece because who has a function used for a person.
b. Greece, which has received financing through a 110 billion, or about 150 billion, bail out from the European Union and the International
Monetary Fund, is issuing only short-term treasury bills for the time being.
The function of Relative Pronoun which in the sentence above is used to explain the sentence that Greece included in receiving financing in bail-out from
the European Union and the International Monetary Fund and which has a function used for a thing to show a choice.
3. Possessive Pronoun
There are only three possessive pronouns found in this article; they are his, its,
and our. a. “We will not reduce the holding of European bonds in our foreign
exchange portfolio.” The function of Possessive Pronoun our in the sentence above is used to
explain the possession from the Europeans. b. A senior Greek government official said Mr. Wen had made clear his
offer concerned buying bonds only when the country returned to markets.
The function of Possessive Pronoun his in the sentence above is used to
explain the possession from Mr. Wen as Prime Minister of China.
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To show the highest use of kinds of pronouns in the Jakarta Post’s articles published on Monday, October 4 2010 can be seen in the table below:
Personal Pronouns
I You
She He
It We
They 1
- -
11 1
1 1
Interrogative Pronouns
Who What
Which When
Where Whose
Whom -
- -
- -
- -
Relative Pronouns
That Who
Whom Whose
Which 2
1 -
- 2
Demonstrative Pronouns
This These
That Those
- -
- -
Reflexive Pronouns
Myself Yourself
Himself Herself
Itself Ourselves
Themselves -
- -
- -
- -
Reciprocal Pronouns
Each other
- Indefinite
Pronouns One
Anybody Anything
Anyone Everyone
Everything Everybody
- -
- -
- -
- Possessive
Pronouns My
Your His
Her Its
Our Their
- -
3 -
8 1
-
c Market Offers Used Lingerie to Branded Clothing
There are only four kinds of pronouns found in this article; they are personal pronoun, relative pronoun, indefinite pronoun, and possessive pronoun.
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1. Personal Pronoun
