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Personal pronouns refer to persons. The exceptions

are the pronoun “it,” which refers to inanimate things,

and the pronoun “they,” which sometimes refers

to inanimate things.

First-

Person

Pronoun

GrammarPerson Singular Plural

I love

America!

We love

America!

You

swim well.

You

swim today.

I replaces Maria. We replaces

Susan and Maria.

YoureplacesMaria. You replaces Ben and Jake.

They replaces parentsand

refers to people.

It is big.

It replaces the ball, a thing.

They

are big.

They replaces ballsand

refers to things.

She is here.

She replaces Kelly, a person.

Andy talking about Kelly

They visit

the pool.

Anna talking about

her parents

He replaces Jake, a person.

He loves

hamburgers.

Anna talking about Jake

Second-

Person

Pronoun

Third-

Person

Pronoun

Ben talking about the ball

Ben talking about two balls

Used in place of a speaker or speakers

Used in place of a person or persons spoken to

Used in place of person(s) or thing(s) spoken about

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