Example :
Azam and me went shopping. Incorrect Azam and I went shopping. Correct
Point 2 Use subject pronoun after form of the verb be. Form of be
Include to am, are, is, was, were, has been, have been, and others.
Example :
It was me who telephoned. Incorrect It was I who telephoned. Correct
Point 3 Use a subject pronoun after than or as when a verb is
understood after the pronoun.
Example
: You read faster than I read. The verb read is understood
after I. Tom is as stubborn as I am. The verb am is understood
after I.
b. Possessive Pronoun
According to Dony hariyanto in his book “English grammar for General” he defined possessive Pronoun “adalah kata ganti yang
menujnukan kepunyaan atau kepemilikan yang berasal dari personal pronoun”.
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…”Possessive Pronouns are pronouns that show ownership and possessive that coming from Personal Pronoun…”.
John Langan in “sentence skill” stated that Possessive Pronoun shows ownership or possession.
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In this case there are two parts, what is called as possessive adjective and possessive pronouns. Here is a list of
possessive pronouns, followed by examples:
the sentence above may be strange and stilted to you. Since this rule is seldom actually followed in conversation. When we speak with one another, forms such as “it was me” is
widely accepted. In for mal writing, however, the grammatically correct form is still preferred. You can avoid having to use a subject pronoun after be simply by rewording a sentence above by
“It was the one who telephoned”.
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Dony hariyanto, English Grammar for General, ... p 146
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John langan, Sentence Skill, form A,... p.214
Table. 2.2
Possessive adjective
My, Our, Your, Their, His, Her, Its.
Possessive adjectives are followed immediately by a noun; they do not
stand alone. Example: My book is here. Your books are over there.
Possessive pronouns
Mine, Ours, Yours, Theirs, His, Hers, Its
Possessive Pronouns are followed immediately by a noun; they stand
alone. Example: That book is mine. Those books are yours over there.
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Points to remember about possessive pronouns:
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Point 1 A possessive pronoun never uses an apostrophe.
Example: That coat is hers. Incorrect
The card table is theirs’. Incorrect
That coat
is her. Correct
The card
table is
theirs. Correct Point 2
Do not use any of following nonstandard forms to show possession.
Example: I met a friend of him. Incorrect
Can I
use you
car? Incorrect
That magazine
is mines
. Incorrect I met a friend of his. Correct
Can I use your car? Correct Hat magazine is mine. Correct
c. Reflexive pronoun
Kata ganti refleksif reflexive pronoun adalah kata ganti yang menunjukan perbuatan yang di tujukan pada dirinya sendiri.
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a reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that shows subject’s deed and refers to the subject
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Azar Betty Schramfer, Understanding and Using English Grammar, United state of America, Prentice hall, inc, 1989 p. a6.appendix1
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John Langan, Sentence Skill, Form A, …p.214
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Dony Hariyanto, English Grammar for General,… p.147
itself. Wren and Martin said they are called reflexif pronouns when the action done by the subject turns back reflects upon the subject.
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The reflexif pronouns are myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourself, yourselves,
and themselves. We can see the addition of self for singgular and selves for plural. The following table clearly shows its
different. Table. 2.3
Person Singular
Plural First
myself ourselves
Second yourself
yourselves Third
himheritself themselves
Points to remember about Reflexive Pronoun;
Point 1 A reflexive pronoun usually refers to the subject of a
sentence. Example:
He looked at himself in the mirror. Word “he” and “himself” refer to the same person.
Point 2 Sometimes reflexive pronouns are used for emphasis.
Example: He himself answered the phone, not his secretary.
He answered
the phone
himself .
Point 3 The expression by+ a reflexive pronoun usually means
“alone”. Example:
She lives by herself.
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d. Demonstrative pronouns
