5. Distributive Pronouns : The pronouns that refer to persons or things one at a time are called distributive pronouns. For example, each, either, neither.
each everyone of a number of persons or things taken singly
either the one or the other of two
neither not the one the other of two
Rule : A distributive pronoun is used as a singular.
Incorrect : Either of the choices fit the answer.
Correct : Either of the choices fits the answer.
Rule : Each may come after the object of the verb only if the object contains a number.
Incorrect : The boys narrated stories each.
Correct : Each of the boys narrated stories.
6. Relative Pronouns : A relative pronoun is a pronoun that refers or relates to some noun going before, which is called its antecedent. Besides, it is a pronoun that serves as a conjunction as well because it connects two statements. For example,
She worked in the kitchen which was like a bedroom.
Rule : The relative pronoun that has no possessive case.
Incorrect : The medicine of that alcohol is a component is prohibited for him.
Correct : The medicine of which alcohol is a component is prohibited for him.
Rule : The relative pronoun that has the same form in the singular and the plural.
Incorrect : They those worship money only are deprived of life's other rewards.
Correct : They that worship money only are deprived of life's other rewards.
Rule : That may be sued as an adverbial accusative meaning on which, in which or at which.
Incorrect : I remember the day which he came.
Correct : I remember the day which he came on.
OR
I remember the day that he came.
Rule : The relative pronoun that is preferred to who or which.
i) after adjectives in the superlative degree.
ii) after all, same, any, none, nothing, only.
iii) after the interrogative pronouns who, what.
iv) after the antecedents, one denoting a person and the other an animal or a thing.
Incorrect : It was the best food which we ever tasted.
Correct : It was the best food that we ever tasted.
Rule : The word but after a negative, often has the force of a relative pronoun and is equivalent to who...not, which...not.
Incorrect : There is no city but does not have a huge population.
Correct : There is no city but has a huge population.
Rule : As the relative pronoun refers to a noun or pronoun, it must be of the same number and person as its antecedent(that is, the noun or pronoun referred to).
Incorrect : I, who is your captain, shall never desert you.
Correct : I, who am your captain, shall never desert you.
Rule : The case of the relative pronoun depends upon its relation to the verb in the clause in which it occurs.
Incorrect : I was the boy whom they thought committed the theft.
Correct : I was the boy who they thought committed the theft.
Rule : If a relative pronoun is used in both subjective and objective cases, we cannot put one pronoun is place of two.
Incorrect : I have an uncle who I love and is a management guru.
Correct : I have an uncle whom I love and who is a management guru.
Rule : The relative pronoun should be placed as near as possible to its antecedent.
Incorrect : The office was located in the heart of the town which had state-of-the-art interior decoration.
Correct : The office, which had state-of-the-art interior decoration, was located in the heart of the town.
Rule : No conjunction should be placed before the relative pronoun except to join together two relative clauses referring to the same antecedent.
Incorrect : He had a cow, and which gave him milk.
Correct : He had a cow, which gave him milk.