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Personal Pronouns handle the following tasks.
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1) Identify the pronoun's ANTECEDENT.
2) Make sure the pronoun agrees with its antecedent in PERSON, GENDER, and CASE 3) Choose the right form of the pronoun based on its CASE |
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ANTECEDENT - The word the pronoun substitutes.
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Antecedents must agree with its pronoun in PERSON, GENDER, and NUMBER.
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PERSON -
(first person - doing the speaking) (second person - person being spoken to) (third person - person being spoken about) |
1st person: I, me, my, mine, we, our ours, us
2nd person: you, yours, your 3rd person: he, him his, her, she, it, they, them, hers, its, their, theirs |
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Number in regards to a pronoun?
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Number refers to whether the antecedent represents one person, place, or thing (singular) or more than one (plural).
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Gender in regards to a pronoun?
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GENDER refers to whether the antecedent agrees with the pronoun by gender: feminine, masculine, neuter.
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Case refers to what function the pronoun is performing in a sentence. These functions are divided into three categories, each category having its own forms.
What are the forms? |
Subjective, Objective,
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A pronoun is in the SUBJECTIVE CASE when...
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it is the SUBJECT of a VERB or is linked to the subject by a LINKING VERB.
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I could have been a contender.
(I is in what case?) |
SUBJECTIVE - because "I" is the subject of the verb "could have been."
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They died with their boots on.
(What case is they?) |
SUBJECTIVE - because "they" is the subject of the verb "died."
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It is I who could have been a contender!
(I is in what case?) |
SUBJECTIVE - because "I" is linked to the subject "It" by the LINKING VERB "is."
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Objective Case is?
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A pronoun is in the objective case when it is the OBJECT of a VERB or a PREPOSITION.
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Several of the tango dancer asked me about Dimitri.
(Me is in what case?) |
Objective - "Me" is in the objective case because it is the object [technically, indirect object] of the verb "asked."
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Inga doesn't like the way Dimitri behaves when he dances and doesn't want to go with him to the tango contest.
(What case is "him" in it?) |
Objective - "Him" is in the objective case because it is the object of the preposition "with."
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Possessive Case is?
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A pronoun that shows possession. It always answers the question "Whose?"
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Inga and Dimitri have their own way of dancing the tango.
(What case is their?) |
Possessive - because it is the possessive modifier of "own way."
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The case of a pronoun is independent of its antecedent. Three pronouns can have different cases but share the same antecedent.
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Dimitri wants to make sure that when he [subjective] arrives nex tweek someone will be at the station to meet him [object] and to help carry his [possessive] luggage.
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