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Personal Pronouns

SINGULAR PLURAL
Subject Forms:
I we
you you
he, she, it they

The subject forms of pronouns are employed prior to verbs to indicate the actor in a sentence.    I know that you are the one I need to talk to. 

 

Object Forms:
me us
you you
him, her, it them

The object form of a pronoun is used the direct object (DO) of a verb to indicate someone or something that is acted on by the subject, as an indirect object  (IO) to indicate to or for whom an action was done, or as the object of a preposition (OP).  On her father's birthday Marina gave him a book.  He thanked her and said that she could read it after him. (IO, DO, DO, OP)

 

Possessive Forms (before a noun):
my our
your your
his, her, its their
 
Possessive Forms (in place of a noun):
mine ours
yours yours
his, hers, its theirs

There are two types of possessive pronouns: one type is used as the modifier of a noun, while the other is used as a noun substitute.  Do you have my book? No, I think Joe has yours.

 

Reflexive Forms:
myself ourselves
yourself yourselves
himself, herself, itself        themselves        

Reflexive pronouns are used to refer back to the subject and usually function as objects.  Andy helped himself to some cake and ice cream.  The members of the interior design club always enjoy themselves on their tour of interior decorating studios and warehouses in Minneapolis.

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