PERSONAL PRONOUNS

PESONAL PRONOUN

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PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

Personal pronouns are pronouns that are associated with a particular grammatical person – first person (As I), second person (As You) and third person (As he, she, they and it). Personal pronouns may also take different forms depending upon number (Singular or Plural), grammatical or natural gender, case and formality. The term PERSONAL is used here purely to signify the grammatical sense; personal pronouns are not limited to persons only, and can also refer animals and objects (As the English personal pronoun IT usually does)

1.     Let us have a better understanding of PRONOUNS first.

We may say

Harry is absent today because Harry is ill.

But it is better to avoid the repetition of the noun Harry, and say-

Harry is absent today because he is ill.

In the above sentence HARRY has been replaced by the word HE. A word that is thus used instead a noun is called pronoun.

Pro-noun means for –a-noun.

Therefore, a pronoun is replacing word, a pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.

2.     Read the following sentences.

a.       I am tall.

b.      We are tall.

c.       You are tall.

d.      He is tall.

e.      She is tall.

f.        It is tall.

g.       They are tall.

I, we, you, he, she, they, and it are called personal pronouns because they stand for three persons:-

a.       The person speaking.

b.      The person spoken to, and

c.       The person spoken of.

The pronouns I and WE, which denote the person speaking, are said to be personal pronouns of first person.

The pronoun YOU, which denotes the person spoken to, is said to be the personal pronoun of second person. Please note that YOU is used both in singular and plural.

The pronouns HE, SHE, and THEY, IT, which denote the person or persons spoken of are said to be the personal pronoun of third person.

FORMS OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

PERSONAL PRONOUN CHART.

NOTE 1: Possessive cases of most of the personal pronouns have two forms. Of these forms, MY, OUR, YOUR, HER, THERE ARE called POSSESIVE ADJECTIVES because they are used with nouns and do work the roles of adjectives.

This is my umbrella.

This is your umbrella.

That is her umbrella.

POSSESIVE ADJECTIVES ARE SOME TIMES CALLED PRONOMINAL ADJECTIVES, as they are formed from pronouns.

NOTE  2: The word his is used both as an adjective and as a pronoun: as,

This is his book.    (Possessive adjective)

This book is his.   (Possessive pronoun)

In the following sentences the word s in italics are POSSESIVE PRONOUNS.

This ice-cream is yours.

That apple is hers.

The idea of yours is bogus

3.     The pronoun of third person has three Genders.

Masculine:  HE

Feminine:   SHE

Neuter     :   IT

4.       IT- The pronoun IT is used

a.      For things without life: as,

Here is your car, park it somewhere else.

b.     For animals, unless it is personified or we clearly wish to speak whether it is male or female.

The farmer loved his camel very much and could not live without it.

c.      For young child when the gender is not relevant.

When I saw the child, it was playing.

d.     To refer to some statements going before: as

I am telling what is true and you are aware of it.         

e.     As a provisional or temporary subject before the verb to be when the real subject follows: as

It is easy to say but difficult to execute.

It may rain today.

f.       To give emphasis to the noun or pronoun following: as

It was you who began the quarrel.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.

g.      As an indefinite nominative of an impersonal verb: as,

It rains.

The pronoun IT here seems to stand for no noun whatever, though this can be readily supplied from the verb. Thus, “IT RAINS.” Means “THE RAIN RAINS.”

When IT is used in this way, we call it an IMPERSONAL PRONOUN.

h.      In speaking of the weather or the time: as

It is fine.

It is seven o’ clock.

5.     Since a personal pronoun stands for a noun, it must be of the same number, gender and person as the NOUN for which it stands; as,

Rama is my best friend, he loves me very much.

Sita is a good girl, she reads in class ten.

6.     When a pronoun stands for a COLLECTIVE NOUND, it must be in singular number and neuter gender if the collective noun is represented as whole; as,

The fleet will reach it’s destination in a week.

The jury gave its verdict.

7.     When two or more singular nouns are joined by and, the pronoun used for them must be plural; as,

Paul and Raju are best friends, they read in the same school.

Hari and I play for the village sport club. We are the opening batsmen of the cricket team.

8.     When two or more singular nouns joined by and preceded by each or every, the pronoun must be singular; as,

Every sailor and every soldier was in his position.

9.     When two singular nouns joined by EITHEER… OR, NEITHER…NOR, the pronoun is generally singular; as,

Either Paul or Peter has broken this window pane.

Neither the doctor nor his assistant was present.

10. When a plural noun and a singular noun is joined by OR or NOR, the pronoun must be plural; as,

Neither the manager nor his subordinates were in the office.

11. When a pronoun refers to more than one noun or pronoun of different persons, it must be of the first person plural in preference to the second, and of the second person plural in preference to the third.; as,

You and I have done our duty.

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