Personal Pronouns — Defined
A PRONOUN is a word used in place of a noun.
In English there are various types of pronouns, the most common of which are PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
FIRST PERSON: I, me, we, us
Every Monday I buy bread and milk.
SECOND PERSON: you
Did you go to work on Tuesday?
THIRD PERSON: he, him, she, her, it, they, them
On Wednesday he went to the opera.
Personal pronouns are often broken down into two additional classes, possessive pronouns and reflexive pronouns.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS show ownership or possession: — mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.
Do you need a pen? Here, use mine.
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS are used:
a) reflexively to refer back to the subject
After Sue dressed, she looked at herself in the mirror.
b) emphatically to give emphasis to some person or thing:— myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
He did it himself.
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