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B3D3
About Personal Pronouns
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A personal pronoun substitutes for a person or other
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creature or thing. A personal pronoun has
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number (singular or plural)
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person (first, second, or third)
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case (i.e., subject or object)
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and sometimes gender (male or female)
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A pronoun must always agree in person, number, and
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gender with the antecedent (the noun it replaces):
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Geri went to the dance. She had fun. (
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She
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-not it, he, or
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they-refers to Geri.)
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A pronoun may be used as a subject (nominative case) or
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an object (objective case) in a sentence. When the pronoun
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is used as the subject, the verb must agree with it in number:
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When Ron stays home, he makes a cake.
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makes
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agrees with the subject
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he
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The children stay with Ron and make him a cake.
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make
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agrees with the subject
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children
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, not the
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object
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him
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Pronouns may show possession (in possessive case)
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before a noun: It is
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my
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bike.
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standing alone: The bike is
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mine
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More information
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Pronoun Chart
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Pronoun.dib
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