PRONOUNS – These are NOT nouns. They take the place of nouns. The noun a pronoun replaces is called its ANTECEDENT. An ANTECEDENT is the word a pronoun replaces. Example: John came into the room. sat down in chair. He his is the antecedent for ‘John’ ‘He’ and ‘his’. SUBJECT OBJECT POSSESSIVE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS PRONOUNS PRONOUNS PRONOUNS FIRST PERSON I me my / mine myself we (pl) us (pl) our / ours (pl) ourselves (pl) SECOND PERSON you you your / yours yourself yourselves (pl) THIRD PERSON he / she him / her his / hers himself herself they (pl) them (pl) their / theirs (pl) themselves (pl) NOTE: ARE NOT words. Hisself, Theirself / Theirselves, and MINES
PRONOUNS – These are NOT nouns. They take the place of nouns. The noun a pronoun replaces is called its ANTECEDENT. An ANTECEDENT is the word a pronoun replaces. Example: John came into the room. He sat down in his chair. ‘John’ is the antecedent for ‘He’ and ‘his’. SUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS FIRST PERSON I we (pl) me us (pl) my / mine our / ours (pl) myself ourselves (pl) SECOND PERSON you you your / yours yourself yourselves (pl) THIRD PERSON he / she they (pl) him / her them (pl) his / hers their / theirs (pl) himself herself themselves (pl) NOTE: Hisself, Theirself / Theirselves, and MINES ARE NOT words.
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