Saturday, May 10, 2014

Personal pronouns

I, you, he, me, your, his...

This summary of personal pronouns includes possessive adjectives for convenience and comparison.

number person gender* pronouns possessive
adjectives
subject object possessive reflexive
singular 1st m/f I me mine myself my
2nd m/f you you yours yourself your
3rd me he him his himself his
f she her hers herself her
n it it its itself its
plural 1st m/f we us ours ourselves our
2nd m/f you you yours yourselves your
3rd m/f/n they them theirs themselves their

pronoun subject She likes homework.
object The teacher gave me some homework.
possessive This homework is yours.
reflexive John did the homework himself.
possessive adjective The teacher corrected our homework.

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