Distributive Pronoun 

In English grammar, Pronoun is referred to as the word or a specific phrase, which is used in the exchange of a noun or a noun phrase. There are different kinds of pronouns, and each of them is used on different occasion and with different nature of uses.

It is almost known to every student of English language that there are different types of pronouns; personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, possessive Pronoun and interrogative pronouns etc. On the whole, the list of pronouns is also quite large, which are being used differently by substituting noun or noun phrase.

Some of these pronouns are; I, you, he, she, we, us, her, him, his, hers, they, our, them, theirs, someone, anyone, nobody, all, other, something, nothing, this, that, who, what, these, those, whose, where, when, himself, herself etc., while the list is much bigger. Here, we would discuss the distributive Pronoun and its examples, which play an important role in the English language.

Distributive Pronoun - An Outline

To start with, we would learn that the distributive Pronoun is a word or phrase that portrays members of any group separately and not in a collective way. It always refers to any person or object. From this, it can be derived that this Pronoun all the time singular in nature and it is used with the verb and singular noun.

This particular Pronoun is used in describing all members of a particular group. Some of the notable examples and features of the distributive Pronoun are as follows;

All and Both: The word all is used specifically singular uncountable noun and the plural countable nouns.

For example: All players are kindly requested to attend the prize distribution ceremony.

In addition to this, ‘all’ is also used with temporal nouns and largely not take any article; example: He has been working all day.

‘Both’ is considered as the dual Pronoun, which indicates that this Pronoun only refers about two and in most of the cases used for emphasizing.

For example; Both brothers are quite brilliant.

Each, Every, Everything, Everybody: the word ‘each’ is used as a pronoun and also as the determiner. It can be noted that when each is used as a determiner, it takes place with the singular countable nouns.

For example :Each student in the class should prepare a report on environmental degradation.

‘Every’ is also used as the determiner and suggests itself with the singular countable nouns. It always refers to a bigger number of people or things and helps in creating a collective sense.

For example :Every member of the procession was carrying a placard.

‘Everybody’ or sometimes ‘Everyone’ is often used in describing ‘all people’ and the word ‘Everything’ is used to describe ‘all things’, which are followed by a singular verb.

For example:

1. I hope everything will be in order.

2. Everybody should try their best to finish the work.

It can also be noted that both ‘everyone’ and ‘everybody often takes apostrophes to make a particular sense, such as everyone’s, everybody’s etc.