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The pronouns I, we, he, she, it, they, her, him, them, us, me and you are called
             personal pronouns. They are used instead of the names of people, animals or things.

             Personal pronouns are of three kinds—first person, second person and third person.

             Study the table to understand the three kinds of personal pronouns.



                         Person                          Explanation                           Examples

                   first person             refers to the speaker or the group            I, me, we, us
                                            that includes the speaker


                   second person            the speaker’s audience or the                 you
                                            person being spoken to


                   third person             the person spoken about                       he, she, him, her,
                                                                                          it, they, them




             Personal pronouns are further classified on the basis of number, gender and their
             relationship with the other words in a sentence, for instance whether they are being used
             as the subject or the object in a sentence.


                                  Person                        Subject pronoun            Object pronoun


                   first person singular                       I                           me

                   second person singular                      you                         you


                   third person singular, male                 he                          him

                   third person singular, female               she                         her


                   third person singular, thing                it                          it

                   first person plural                         we                          us

                   second person plural                        you                         you


                   third person plural, male

                   third person plural, female                 they                        them

                   third person plural, thing









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