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Language. Pronoun – Antecedent Agreement • A pronoun is a word that is used to replace a noun.
In the following chart you will see the personal pronouns; they are called personal pronouns because they refer to persons, except for the pronoun it that refers to things.
SINGULAR PERSONAL PRONOUNS
subject pronouns
object pronouns
possessive pronouns
I
me
my, mine
you
you
your, yours
he, she, it
him, her, it
his, her, hers, its
PLURAL PERSONAL PRONOUNS
subject pronouns
object pronouns
possessive pronouns
we
us
our, ours
you
you
you, yours
they
them
their, theirs
Read the following sentence: Albert saw a boy.
There are two nouns in this sentence: Albert and boy.
Either of these nouns can be replaced by a pronoun. If we replace Albert (the subject
of the sentence) with a pronoun, we choose he, a subject pronoun. He saw a boy.
If we replace man (the object in the sentence) with a pronoun, we choose him, an object pronoun.
He saw him.
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