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Personal Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. The most frequently used pronouns are called personal pronouns. They refer to people or things. List of Personal Pronouns Singular Plural Subject Pronouns I you he, she, it we you they Object Pronouns me you him, her, it us you them Using Pronouns Correctly Subject pronouns are used in compound subjects, and object pronouns are used in compound objects. He and Carmen wrote a report on the subject. (Not Him and Carmen) Tell John and me about Hercules. (Not John and I) Continue Using Pronouns Correctly A preposition takes an object, just as many verbs do. The object of a preposition can be simple or compound. In either case, use an object pronoun as the object of the preposition. Lee read a famous myth to me. Lee read a famous Roman myth to John and me. Continue Using Pronouns Correctly If you are not sure of which form of the pronoun to use, say the sentence aloud with only the pronoun as the subject or the object. Your ear will tell you which form is correct. Whenever the pronoun I is part of a compound subject, it should always be placed after the other parts of the subject. Similarly, when the pronoun me is part of a compound object, it should go after the other parts of the object. Continue Using Pronouns Correctly Lee and I read some ancient Roman myths. (Not I and Lee) Mythology interests Lee and me. (Not me and Lee). Continue Using Pronouns Correctly In formal writing and speech use a subject pronoun after a linking verb. The writer of this report was she. It is I. Continue Possessive Pronouns A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows who or what has something. A possessive pronoun may take the place of a possessive noun. Read the following sentences. Notice the possessive nouns and the possessive pronouns that replace them. Continue Possessive Pronouns Homer’s story is famous. His story is famous. This story is Homer’s. This story is his. Possessive nouns are in green. Possessive pronouns are in red. Continue Possessive Pronouns Possessive pronouns have two forms. One form is used before a noun. The other form is used alone. Used before nouns Used alone Singular Plural my your his, her, its mine yours his, hers, its our your their ours yours theirs Continue Possessive Pronouns Possessive pronouns are not written with apostrophes. The pronoun its, for example, shows possession. The word it’s, on the other hand, is a contraction of it is. Read the following sentences. Notice the meaning of the words in red type. Its central character is Odysseus. (possessive pronoun) It’s about the adventures of Odysseus. (contraction of It is) Reflexive Pronouns A reflexive pronoun refers to a noun or another pronoun and indicates that the same person or thing is involved. Reflexive pronouns are formed by adding –self or –selves to certain personal and possessive pronouns The woman found herself a book of folktales. Reflexive Pronoun Continue Reflexive Pronouns Singular myself yourself himself, herself, itself Plural ourselves yourselves themselves Sometimes hisself is mistakenly used for himself and theirselves for themselves. Avoid using hisself and theirselves. Continue Intensive Pronouns An intensive pronoun is a pronoun that adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun already named. George himself bought a copy of American Tall Tales. He himself paid for the book. Continue Interrogative Pronouns • Interrogative pronouns are used in asking questions. The pronouns who, what and which are used as interrogative pronouns. e.g. Who telephoned? What did you say? Which is your brother? Interrogative Pronouns • The pronoun Who The pronoun who usually refers only to persons. Unlike the other interrogative pronouns, who changes its form depending on the case, as shown in the following table. • Subjective Case: who • Objective Case: whom • Possessive Case: whose Interrogative Pronouns • Whose The form whose can be used either as a possessive adjective followed by a noun, or as a possessive pronoun. The possessive form whose expresses the idea of belonging to. For instance, the idea expressed in the sentence: Whose books are these? could also be expressed by the sentence: To whom do these books belong? Interrogative Pronouns • What and Which What and which can be used either as interrogative pronouns, or as interrogative adjectives followed by nouns. e.g. What is that? Which is his sister? What time is it? Which woman is his sister?