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A pronoun is a word that takes a place of a noun.

Kinds of Pronouns
There are mainly three kinds of pronouns.

Personal Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns

Personal pronouns are used in place of the nouns that name the people. They are
of three types:

First Person is the person who is speaking – I we me us, , , .

Second Person is the person or thing which is spoken to – You thee thou, , .
Third Person is the person or thing which is spoken of – he she him her they, , , , ,

them it, .

Read the following examples:

Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns

I me he his / him
you you we our / us

she her they them

Possessive pronouns show possession of something.

Read the following examples:

Singular Plural

mine ours

yours yours
his / hers / its theirs

Reflexive pronouns are used as objects of the verb. The action of the subject turns
back on the subject itself.

Read the following examples:

Singular Plural Singular Plural

myself ourselves herself themselves
himself themselves yourself yourselves

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