Pronouns

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What is a pronoun?

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

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What is a personal pronoun?

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A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing, such as I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

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What is a possessive pronoun?

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A possessive pronoun shows ownership, such as mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.

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What is a contraction?

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A contraction is a shortened form of two words, where an apostrophe replaces the omitted letters, like 'they've' for 'they have'.

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What is the difference between 'its' and 'it's'?

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'Its' is a possessive pronoun meaning 'belonging to it', while 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is'.

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What is a subject pronoun?

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A subject pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence, such as I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

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What is an object pronoun?

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An object pronoun is used as the object of a verb or preposition, such as me, you, him, her, it, us, them.

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What is the first person pronoun?

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First person pronouns refer to the speaker, such as I and we.

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What is the second person pronoun?

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Second person pronouns refer to the person being spoken to, such as you.

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What is the third person pronoun?

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Third person pronouns refer to someone or something being spoken about, such as he, she, it, they.