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Personal Pronouns
Personal refers to one of three possible ways of making statement:
1. The persons speaking can talk about themselves – FIRST (1st) Person
2. The persons speaking can talk to one person or many – SECOND (2nd) Person
3. The persons speaking can talk about anyone or anything else – THIRD (3rd) Person
Personal Pronouns
Singular
Plural
FIRST (1ST)Person
(the person speaking)
I, my, mine, me
we, our,ours, us
SECOND (2ND) Person
(the person spoken to)
you, your, yours
you, your, yours
THIRD (3RD) Person
(some other person or
thing spoken about)
he, his, him
she, her, hers
it, its
they, theirs
theirs, them
Other Commonly Used Pronouns
Here are other kinds of pronouns you will use in your writing:
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS (the –self, --selves forms of the personal pronouns)
Myself
Ourselves
Yourself
Yourselves
Himself, herself, itself
Themselves
Note: For standard speaking and writing, do NOT use hisself or theirselves.
RELATIVE PRONOUNS (used to introduce adjective clauses)
who
whom
whose
which
that
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS (used in questions)
Who . . . ?
Whose . . . ?
RCMS – ELA7-KMH
What . . . ?
Whom . . .?
Which . . . ?
taken from Warriner’s English Compostion and Grammar, Third Course
pp. 346-348
rev. 09/15
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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS (used to point to a specific person, place, thing, or idea)
This
that
these
those
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS (not referring to a definite person, place, thing or idea; frequently used without
antecedents)
all
another
any
anybody
anyone
anything
RCMS – ELA7-KMH
both
each
either
everybody
everyone
everything
few
many
more
most
much
neither
nobody
none
no one
one
other
taken from Warriner’s English Compostion and Grammar, Third Course
pp. 346-348
several
some
somebody
someone
rev. 09/15