Is a pronoun the same as a personal pronoun ???

If not whats the difference ...???

A pronoun is just any word that stands in place of a noun.

Personal pronouns are nouns that stand in place of nouns for people - I/me; you/you/ he/him;she/her/it/it us/we, you/you, they/them. There are also personal pronouns in the genitive case (the case of possession) - mine, yours, him/hers/its, ours, yours and theirs.

Personal pronouns are one of the few parts of speech in English which have a marked case - eg the difference between 'I' and 'me' as well as number and person.

Sorry to butt in, but in this case, could you give an example of a pronoun that isn't a personal pronoun?

Sorry to butt in, but in this case, could you give an example of a pronoun that isn't a personal pronoun?

For example, a notice in a café:

"Everybody who takes a cake must return his plate to the counter"

In this case, 'everybody' is a pronoun standing in place of unspecified persons. It is a indefinite pronoun. Note the concordance with the verb: indefinite pronouns are singular and take singular objects (in this case 'everybody' and 'his'.)

There are also interrogative, reflexive, reciprocal, relative, demonstrative...

Thanks! Believe it or not, I work as a professional writer, so obviously use these words every day.. but have little need to know what they're called. It's interesting, though. English language tuition didn't go this deep when I studied it (or if it did I wasn't listening, anyway).

You're welcome You're not dissimilar to 99.9% of everyone else - I think it's only if you've done a course to teach ESOL that you come across it. If you're a native speaker, you just sort of 'know it', don't you? It's the same with tag questions and phrasal verbs - things which we don't give a second thought about but which non-native speakers really struggle with

Yeah exactly - I always feel like a bit of a fraud considering my lack of knowledge in relation to my job, but hey, plenty of time to learn thanks again.

If you don't mind me asking what is your job? (I'm currently looking for career inspiration).

Thanks! Believe it or not, I work as a professional writer, so obviously use these words every day.. but have little need to know what they're called. It's interesting, though. English language tuition didn't go this deep when I studied it (or if it did I wasn't listening, anyway).