Pronoun
: Some very important points:
1. Subject হিসেবে সব সময় Pronoun এর subject রূপ বসাতে হয়।
যথাঃ Incorrect: Fahim and us are going to join the same party.
Correct: Fahim and we are going to join the same party.
2. Verb to Be (am, is, are, was, were) এর পর সব সময় Subject রূপ বসাতে হয়। যথাঃ
1. Incorrect: It is him whom the committee selected.
Correct: It is he whom the committee selected.
2. Incorrect: I wish I were him.
Correct: I wish I were he.
3. Preposition এর পর সব সময় Pronoun এর Object রূপ বসে। উল্লেখ্য Object Pronoun এর সাথে সাধারনতঃAmong, of, between, from, to, for, with, এই Proposition গুলি বসে। যথাঃ
1. Incorrect: The cake is from he.
Correct: The cake is from him.
2. Incorrect: Rupa came to I.
Correct: Rupa came to me.
3. Incorrect: The flowers are from Jhon and we.
correct: The flowers are from Jhon and us.
4. একই বাক্যে একই Noun দ্বিতীয়বার আসলে, দ্বিতীয় বারের ক্ষেত্রে Possessive pronoun (mine / ours/ yours etc) ব্যবহার করতে হয়। যথাঃ
Incorrect: My shoe is better than your shoe.
Correct: My shoe is better than yours.
5. Verb + ing রূপের পূর্বে Possessive Adjective ব্যবহার করতে হয়। যথাঃ
1. Incorrect: I can’t rely on she helping us.
Correct: I can’t rely on her helping us.
2. Incorrect: If you insist on I coming, you must pay my fare.
Correct: If you insist on my coming, you must pay my fare.
6. দুর্বোধ্যতা এড়ানোর জন্য Relative Pronoun কে যতটা সম্ভব তার Antecedent ( পূর্বপদ) এর কাছাকাছি বসাতে হয়। যথাঃ
Incorrect: The man is very honest who doesn’t tell a lie.
Correct: The man who is very honest doesn’t tell a lie.
Or: The man who doesn’t tell a lie is very honest.
7. As /so.........as থাকলে দ্বিতীয় as এর পরে Pronoun এর Subject রূপ বসে। যথাঃ
Incorrect: Helen is as beautiful as her.
Correct: Helen is as beautiful as she.
8. Than এর পর Subject রূপ বসে। যথাঃ Incorrect: Kamal is taller than me. Correct: Kamal is taller than I.
9. Let এর পরে pronoun এর object রূপ বসাতে হয়। যথাঃ Let me go out.
10. But যখন ছাড়া / ব্যতীত অর্থ প্রদান করে তখন ইহা preposition, তাই তার পরে pronoun এর object রূপ বসাতে হয়। যথাঃ
All but him came to me.
11. Such এর পর Relative Pronoun ‘who’ না হয়ে ‘as’ বসাতে হয়। যথাঃ
1. Incorrect: I want such a boy who is intelligent.
Correct: I want such a boy as is intelligent.
2. Incorrect: Such boys who are idle can not shine. Correct: Such boys as are idle can not shine.
12. Some, Only, Any, All, One, Same এবং Interrogative pronoun who, what ইত্যাদির পরে which না বসিয়ে that বসাতে হয়। যথাঃ All that glitters is not gold. / You may take any book that you want. / Who is the man that came here?
13. What (যাহা তাহা / তাহা যাহা ) এর সাথে কোন Antecedent থাকে না। অধিকাংশ ক্ষেত্রে দেখা যায় what এর পূর্বে verb থাকে কিংবা what দ্বারা বাক্যটি শুরু হয়। যথাঃ
1. Incorrect: This is the case what I want. Correct: This is what I want. Or, This is the case that I want.
Another example: What you said I didn’t understand. What he thinks is quite wrong.
14. It’s এবং its এর ব্যবহার লক্ষ্য রাখতে হবে। It’s = it is এবং Its = ইহার। যথাঃ
Incorrect: The dog has it’s bones.
Correct: The dog has its bones.
15. Reflexive pronoun কখনও Subject হতে পারে না। যথাঃ
Incorrect: Rana and myself were in the field.
Correct: Rana and I were in the field.