Pronouns
Definition A pronoun ( I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody , etc.) is a word that takes the place of a noun. In the sentence Joe saw Jill, and he waved at her , the pronouns he and her take the place of Joe and Jill , respectively. There are three types of pronouns: subject (for example, he ); object ( him ); or possessive ( his ). Rule 1 . Subject pronouns are used when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence. You can remember subject pronouns easily by filling in the blank subject space for a simple sentence. Example: ___ did the job. I, he, she, we, they, who, whoever, etc., all qualify and are, therefore, subject pronouns. Rule 2 . Subject pronouns are also used if they rename the subject. They will follow to be verbs, such as is, are, was, were, am, will be, had been, etc. Examples: ...