A
Pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. It refers to a person or
thing without giving the name.
There
are two types of Personal Pronouns:
(1)
those used as subjects; and
(2)
those used as objects.
Personal Pronouns
Singular
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Plural
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Subject
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Object
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Subject
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Object
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First Person
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I
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Me
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We
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Us
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Second Person
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You
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You
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You
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You
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Third Person
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He
She
It
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Him
Her
It
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They
They
They
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Them
Them
Them
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Reflexive Pronouns
We
use the Reflexive Pronoun when the action of the
doer goes back to himself so that the Subject of the sentence is the same person as the object.
Example: He has hurt himself.
Pronouns
like ‘himself' are called Reflexive Pronouns. They always end in ‘self '.
Reflexive Pronouns
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Singular
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Plural
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First Person
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Myself
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Ourselves
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Second Person
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Yourself
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Yourselves
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Third Person
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Himself
Herself
Itself
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Themselves
Themselves
Themselves
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Relative Pronouns
The
Relative Pronouns take the place of Nouns or Pronouns; and they are used to join two
sentences about the same
person or thing.
Examples of relative
pronouns: who, which, that, whom and whose.
In
most cases, we use who, whose and whom to make
statements about
people.
§ ¨ We use who to join two sentences.
Example: "The man is an
artist. He drew that picture."
"The
man is an artist who drew
that picture."
§ ¨ We use whose to show possession or relationship.
Example: "That is my
uncle whose son is my cousin."
§ ¨ We use which or that in almost the same way as we use who but it refers tothings, not human beings.
There is one other difference in the way we use who andwhich. After who we put a verb. After which we can put
a verb, a pronoun or anoun.
Example: That is the
camera which costs fifty dollars.
That is the camera which hebought. That is the camera which John likes.
§ ¨ We use whom to make a statement about human beings. It is used in
place ofwho (a) when it is
the object of a verb or (b) when it comes after a preposition.
Example: (a) The man whom they caught was sent to
prison. (b) The man to whomyou should speak is my uncle.
