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Practical English Grammar


personal pronouns


A personal pronoun refers to people, places, things, and ideas.

➲ A first-person personal pronoun refers to the one (or ones) speaking.
The singular first-person pronouns are I, me, my, and mine. The plural
first-person personal pronouns are we, our, ours, and us.
We told our story.
I offered my opinion to the reporters.
Ours is the less expensive model.
The new family moved next door to us.
➲ A second-person personal pronoun refers to the one (or ones)
spoken to. The singular and plural second-person personal pronouns
are the same three words—you, your, and yours.
Can you bring your book back here today?
The present will be given to you.
This award is yours.

➲ The third-person personal pronoun is the one (or ones) spoken
about. The singular third-person personal pronouns include he, his,
him, she, her, hers, it, and its. The plural third-person personal pronouns
include they, their, theirs, and them.

He and she wanted to take their children on a vacation.
They asked him and her if the house had kept its appeal.
Do you think that they will think that this car is theirs?

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Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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2. compound subjects part two
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3. Quotation Marks Part Three
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4. the noun
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5. Sound a like words Part Four
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6. Using Capital Letters
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7. the adverb
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8. Confusing usage words part six
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9. the indirect object
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10. the adjective phrase
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11. Confusing usage words part three
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12. the verb
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13. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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14. The Apostrophe
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15. complete and simple subjects
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16. introducing phrases
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17. introducing clauses
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18. The Semicolon
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19. the preposition
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20. Second Capitalization List
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21. the adjective clause
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22. the object of the preposition
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23. the pronoun
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24. Confusing usage words part two
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25. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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26. the appositive
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27. what good writers do
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28. the adjective
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29. More Apostrophe Situations
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30. the adverb phrase
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31. the participle and participial phrase
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32. the noun clause
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33. Sound alike words part one
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34. The Colon
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35. the direct object
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36. the adverb clause
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37. the subordinating conjunction
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38. personal pronouns
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39. The possessive case
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40. irregular verbs part two
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41. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
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42. subject verb agreement situations
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43. types of sentences by purpose
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44. The possessive case and pronouns
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45. Confusing usage words part four
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46. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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47. Commas Part Five
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48. The verb be
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49. More subject verb agreement situations
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50. the interjection
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