Personal Pronouns — Defined

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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