Macmillan English Grammar

I, me, myetc

Iis a subject pronoun, me an object pronoun and my a possessive adjective.

pronouns

mine etc

Mine is a possessive pronoun. This bike is mine means This ismybike. We cannot put a noun after a

possessive pronoun.

Whose bike is this? It's mine.

they

them

their

we

us

our

he it

him it

his its

she

her

her

you

me you

my your

Subject pronoun

Object pronoun

Possessive adjective

Possessive pronoun mine yours hers his ours theirs

a (noun) of(possessive pronoun)

Use a possessive pronoun with a noun in this expression.

This is an interest of his. This great country of ours.

It is very com mon with friend. We can also usefriend of+ a name wit h a possessive apostrophe.

15 sheafriend of yours? No, she'safriend of Martin's.

Usemyself etc

• for emphasis, and with some verbs.
  Can you makemesame tea? Why don 't you make it yourself'


• as an object with verbs that describe doing something to ourselves.
  Look at yourself in the mirraT, and ask yourself this question.
  Sally is too young to wash herself and put herself to bed.
  Other verbs often used like this: wt, enjoy, hurt, behave.
  Oid he hurt himself? Please behave yourselves!
  Enjoy yourselves' I've wt myself.
  (ut, enjoy, hurt can also have an object, but notbehave.
  Enjoy your meal! Please behave!

There's no-one.

There's something wrang.

Everything is all right!

some-, any-, no-, every- pronouns

Usesomeone, anyone, no-one, everyone (See also Unit 31)

• following the same rules assome,anyand no.
  Usesomebody, anybody, nobody, everybody wit h the same meaning.
  There's someone outside.(I don't know who it is).
  15 anyone there? There isn't anyone.
  Everyone means 'ali the people', with a singular verb.
  Everyone knows that Paris is the capital of France.
  Usesomething, anything, nothing, everything


• in the same way assomeone etc.
  Have you got anything for me?
  There's nothing here.

G

somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, everywhere

These are adverbials, and are used in the same way assomeone etc.

They couldn't find the cat anywhere.

Insects can be found everywhere on Earth.

There is nowhere for children to play in this area.

Useelse

• after some-, any-, no-, every- pronouns to mean 'other' or 'more'.
  I didn't realize it was you. I thought it was som eoneelse.
  Nothing else really matters.