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2007-08-03 03:32:48 · 4 answers · asked by Nisha . M 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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As has been mentioned, personal pronouns in English are marked by FOUR things:
person, number, gender, case

BUT not all forms are marked for all of them. Rather:

* ALL pronouns distinguish "person" =1st, 2nd or 3rd
e.g., 1st - I, we; 2nd - you; 3rd - he, they

* All FIRST & THIRD person pronouns distinguish "number" =singular vs. plural
e.g. 1st - I vs. we
3rd - he (she, it) vs. they

(archaic forms of the 2nd person also distinguish -
'thou' vs. 'ye'/ 'thee' vs. 'you')

*MOST FIRST & THIRD person prouns distinguish "case"
-- subject ('nominative')/object ('accusative') = I/me, we/us, he

+ possessive ('genitive') pronouns - my, our, his, her, their
... mine, ours, his, hers, its, theirs

* 2nd person pronouns also distinguish case for the possessive form "yours"

* ONLY 3rd person SINGULAR distinguishes GENDER, and even that not in all cases of the neuter:
(gender - subject/object/possessives)
masculine - he/him/his, his
feminine - she/her/her, hers
neuter - it/it/its

2007-08-03 06:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0 0

Case

Pronouns change for case - in other words, whether they are the subject or the object. They also change if they are possessive.

2007-08-03 03:45:17 · answer #2 · answered by Just Me Talking 2 · 0 0

Case and gender.

2007-08-03 04:31:16 · answer #3 · answered by Teacher 2 · 0 0

person
number
gender and
case

2007-08-06 20:00:29 · answer #4 · answered by prius2005toy 4 · 1 0

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