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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