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PronounsPronouns Take the place of a noun or another pronoun.
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PronounsPronounsPronounsPronounsTake the place of a noun Take the place of a noun
or another pronounor another pronoun
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I. Personal Pronouns
•most commonly recognized pronouns
•show person (1st, 2nd, 3rd), number (singular, plural), and case (subject, object, possessive)
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A.Subject Pronouns• used as sentence
subject or as predicate noun
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As a simple subject:Mark called Jill last night.He called Jill last night.
As part of a compound subject:Jill and Mark went out.Jill and he went out.
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As a predicate noun:
The girl was Jill.
The girl was she.
As compound predicate nouns:The students were Jill and Mark.The students were she and he.
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Subject Pronouns
Singular Plural1st I we
2nd you you
3rd he, she, it they
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B. Object Pronouns• used as direct and
indirect objects• used as objects of
prepositions
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As one direct object:Mark called Jill last night.
Mark called her last night.
As part of compound direct objects:
Jill called Alison and Rachel.Jill called Alison and her.Jill called them.
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As an indirect object:Rachel told Evan the news.
Rachel told him the news.
As part of compound indirect object:
Rachel told Evan and Dave the news.
Rachel told Evan and him the news.Rachel told them the news.
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As an object of a preposition:Evan is mad at Mark now.Evan is mad at him now.
As part of compound object of preposition:
Evan is mad at Mark and Jill.Evan is mad at Mark and her.Evan is mad at them.
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Object Pronouns
Singular Plural1st me us
2nd you you
3rd him, her, it them
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C. Possessive Pronouns• used in place of possessive
nouns to show ownership or relationship
• do NOT use apostrophes
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•Some are used like adjectives, and MUST have a noun.Evan thought Jill was his girlfriend.Jill knew she wasn’t their girlfriend.
•Some stand alone in the sentence.Evan thought Jill was his.Jill knew she wasn’t theirs .
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Possessive Pronouns
Singular Plural1st my/mine our/ours
2nd your/yours your/yours
3rd his, its, their/theirs
her/hers