No, the word 'finished' is the past participle, past tense of the verb to finish. The past participle of the verb also functions as an adjective.
Examples:
We finished our lunch at one. (verb)
He was pleased with his finished project. (adjective)
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
Example: When George got to 19th Street, he got off the train. (the pronoun 'he' takes the place of the noun 'George' in the second part of the sentence)
The pronoun "himself" is functioning as a reflexive pronoun, used to 'reflect back' to the antecedent "Jason".An intensive pronoun is used to emphasize its antecedent, for example: "Jason himself finished the remodeling."
When an indefinite pronoun is the subject of a sentence, it may or may not be the first word in the sentence.Examples:Everything I have is yours. (the indefinite pronoun 'everything' is the subject of the sentence)When I finished, everything in the kitchen sparkled. (the indefinite pronoun 'everything' is the subject of the sentence, preceded by the adverbial clause 'when I finished'.
The pronoun in the sentence is she, a personal pronoun, a word that takes the place of a noun (or name) for a specific female.The pronoun 'she' is functioning as part of the compound subject of the sentence.
The pronoun 'few' is an indefinite pronoun, a word that takes the place of an unknown or unnamed number of amount of more than two but not many.Example: Everyone has finished but a few.Note: The word 'few' is an adjective when placed before a noun to describe that noun.Example: Everyone has finished but a few people.
In the example sentence, the pronoun 'himself' is a reflexive pronoun. A reflexive pronouns 'reflects' back to its antecedent.As an intensive pronoun the sentence would read:Jason himself finished the remodeling.An intensive pronoun emphasizes its antecedent.
An antecedent is a word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun refers back to. In the context of work, an antecedent could be a noun that precedes a pronoun that replaces it. For example, in the sentence "John finished his work," 'work' is the antecedent of the pronoun 'his.'
Yes, the word 'others' is an indefinite pronoun; a word that takes the place of an unknown or unnamed number of people or things. Example:Most of them are finished but the others can wait until we have lunch. (The word 'most' is also functioning as an indefinite pronoun in this sentence.)
An intensive pronoun is used to emphasize its antecedent.Example: We can do this ourselves. We don't need help.When used as a reflexive pronoun, it's used to 'reflect' its antecedent.Example: When we finished, we made ourselves some sandwiches.
The soccer team just finished their practice.
The indefinite pronoun 'several' is plural, a word that takes the place of a noun or nouns for two or more people or things.Example: The students have finished but several arewaiting for rides.
There is only one rule for the relationship between pronoun and antecedent; the rule is called pronoun-antecedent agreement.The rule says that a pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number and gender.Number = singular or pluralGender = male, female, or neuterExamples:When George got to 19th Street, he got off the train. (the pronoun 'he' is gender male and singular)Fran and Frank came to visit and brought the baby with them. (the pronoun 'them' is used for male and/or female and plural)Anna made cookies for hergrandchildren. (the pronoun 'her' is gender female and singular)
Their is always a pronoun -- the possessive of they, as in: This will be their day of reckoning.There can be a pronoun, such as in: There is no hope.However, the word, there, can also be and adverb, such as in: We went there last year. It can also be a noun as in: I will introduce you to her, but you are on your own from there on. It can be an adjective as in: Go ask that policeman there. Finally, it can be an interjection as in: There! I am finished.