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Personal Pronoun
A personal pronoun is a word used instead of using the name of a person or thing many times.
A personal pronoun is translated as I, me, mine, to me, we, our, to us, us, you, your, to you, he, she, it, his, hers, its, to him, to her, to it, they, them, their, or to them.
What information is included in the form of a personal pronoun?
- Case- Case is the form of a word that helps someone to know the function of the word in a sentence. Case helps the reader to know what the word is doing in a sentence.
- Number- Number is the form of a word that helps someone to know whether there is one or more than one person or thing. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
- Gender- The gender of a word helps the reader to know how that word is connected to each person or thing referred to in the sentence. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
- Person- Person is the form of a word that helps the reader to know who is being written about or spoken about.
More Information about this topic
- A relative pronoun often refers to a noun that the writer or speaker has already used. When this happens, it will have the same number and gender as the noun it describes.
- A person can be used when the author or speaker wants people to pay attention to what they said.
- A personal pronoun can help the reader to know the subject of a verb.
- A personal pronoun can help the reader to know who is receiving an action or who the action affects.
- A personal pronoun can help the reader to know who owns or controls something.
- A personal pronoun can be translated as the same.